Last Updated on: 13th November 2022, 10:38 am
Who is Mehran Karimi Nasseri? Biography, Wiki
Mehran Karimi Nasseri, an Iranian national who lived in Terminal 1 of Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, died on Saturday.
Emergency services were called to help Mr. Karimi Nasseri but were unable to save him.
Nasseri lived in Terminal 1 at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport from 1988 to 2006, and the 2004 film starring Tom Hanks was loosely based on her story.
Mehran Karimi Nasseri Age
His current age was 70 years.
Sir Alfred Mehran Early life
He was born in Soleiman, a part of Iran formerly under British jurisdiction, in 1945 to an Iranian father and a British mother.
He left Iran in 1974 to study in England but was jailed on political activist charges on his return before being deported.
Karimi Nasseri found himself stuck in an international no man’s land without proper papers after claiming he was mugged en route to Charles de Gaulle Airport in 1988.
He boarded a plane to London but was sent back to Paris, where he was arrested trying to exit the airport.
According to his biography in his book, Mr. Karimi Nasseri was imprisoned for six months before being returned to Charles de Gaulle Airport, where he was denied access to other nations and left with no choice but to stay.
He slept on a red plastic bench surrounded by boxes of newspapers and magazines and showered in staff quarters.
Lived in Paris Airport For 18 Years
He lived in Terminal 1 of the airport from 1988 to 2006, initially in legal limbo as he had no residence papers.
But then, according to the French media, he stayed at the airport voluntarily.
An official said he had been living at the airport again for a few weeks.
His story inspired the 2004 film starring Tom Hanks, who plays Viktor Navorski, a man trapped at New York’s JFK airport after being denied entry into the United States but unable to return to his homeland due to the fictional state of Krakozhia in Eastern Europe could return a military coup.
Mr. Karimi Nasseri, also known as “Sir Alfred” from Charles de Gaulle Airport, revealed his experiences in a book called “The Terminal Man” which was released in the same year as the film.