The story of Mehran Karimi Nasseri formed the basis of the film “Airport Terminal” directed by Steven Spielberg. A few weeks ago, the 76-year-old Iranian returned to the Paris airport.
Iranian Mehran Karimi Nasseri, who lived for 18 years at the Paris Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport, has died. Trapped in diplomatic uncertainty, Nasseri settled in a small part of the airport in 1988. His story inspired the film Airport Terminal (2004), starring Tom Hanks.
Born in 1945 in the Iranian province of Khuzestan, Nasseri first flew to Europe in search of his mother. For several years he lived in Belgium, being expelled from countries such as the UK, Holland and Germany for lack of immigration papers. He went to France, where he settled in Terminal 2F at the airport. Sitting on a bench, surrounded by carts with everything he had accumulated, he wrote in his diary all day long, read books and newspapers. He became a familiar figure to the airport staff.
His story caught the attention of the media and Steven Spielberg, who directed the film Airport Terminal with Tom Hanks and Catherine Zeta-Jones.
He eventually received a residence permit in France with refugee status in 1999, but remained at the airport. After the premiere of the film, fame came to the Iranian. At one point, Nasseri, who called himself “Sir Alfred”, even gave six interviews a day. In 2006, he was taken to the hospital for treatment of an illness. He later lived in a hostel using the money he received from the film, according to a French newspaper. Release.
After spending most of that money, Nasseri returned to the airport a few weeks ago, where he lived until his death, an airport spokesman said. BBC🇧🇷 He died on Saturday of a heart attack at the age of 76 in Terminal 25 of Charles de Gaulle Airport. Several thousand euros were found from him.
