![]() It was reported that he frequented the McDonalds there and spent his free time by reading books or observing other people who were going about their day at the airport. Over the time, the airport workers believed that Mehran had found peace with his situation and had stopped his pursuit to leave. He eventually accepted the fact that he might be stuck for the rest of his life and decided to work as a janitor at the airport to get a source of income. Without the letter, he was forced to stay at the Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport as he was not allowed to leave the international ground (airport space).Īt first, it was hard for the runaway as he couldn’t speak French at all, and deep down, he was hoping someone could get him out of the limbo. Badly enough, he lost the official letter which is required for him to enter the country’s border. Mehran, who needed a place to stay in exile, chose to seek asylum in England under the advice of the United Nations.īefore entirely moving to England, Mehran was struck with bad luck when he decided to take a detour by staying in France. In 1981, Iran’s government decided to exile him from the country and gave him an official banishment letter for the reason of conspiring against its government. Iran’s government at that time felt that the protest defiled the monarchy for the king’s institution, causing them to issue a warrant in 1977, which sees Mehran being sent to prison once he returns from England for the offense of holding a protest abroad. Reza implemented monarchial laws during his rulership in Iran, which goes against the teachings of Islam and it’s the reason behind Mehran and his group’s protest. ![]() It all started in 1973 when Mehran was part of an activist group who opposed against King Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran, while studying at the University of Bradford, England. The movie is based on the life of Mehran Karimi Nasseri, currently 73, who was forced to stay at the Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport for 18 years. If you’ve seen Steven Spielberg’s “The Terminal”, starring Tom Hanks, you must’ve known that it is based on a true story about a man being stuck at an airport for almost two decades.
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