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Mehran Karimi Nasseri
Mehran Karimi Nasseri (مهران کریمی ناصری (born 1942 in Masjed Soleiman, Iran), also known as Sir, Alfred Mehran (sic), is an Iranian refugee who has been living in the departure lounge of Terminal One in Charles de Gaulle Airport since 8 August 1988.
Introduction
Nasseri was born in the Anglo-Persian Oil Company settlement located in Masjed Soleiman, Iran. His father was an Iranian doctor working for the company; while he claims his mother was an English nurse working in the same place, the Paul Berczeller article cited below says his family disputes this. He arrived in the United Kingdom in September 1973, to take a three-year course in Yugoslav studies at Bradford University.
Protests
While in the United Kingdom, Nasseri was a participant in protests against Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran in March 1974. He returned to Iran on 7 August 1975, after money for university fees had unexpectedly been halted. By his own report, on arrival at Tehran's airport, he was taken directly to Evin Prison by the Iranian secret police, SAVAK, and was later imprisoned and tortured for four months before being expelled from the country. Journalists have been unable to verify these claims, finding only that Nasseri had been among 20 students questioned earlier, in 1970 following their protests against a new Tehran University regulation. No incarceration or torture was connected with the incident.
Wandering through Europe alone
Returning to Europe, he applied for asylum in Berlin, West Germany, and the Netherlands in 1977 but was rejected. Then in 1978, he applied in France but was rejected again; he later lost an appeal. The same thing happened in Yugoslavia. In 1979, he applied in Italy but was unsuccessful. He tried France again in 1980 and lodged an appeal again after it was rejected; the appeal itself was later rejected. His application to emigrate to the United Kingdom was rejected, and he was not allowed to enter the country at Heathrow Airport. Nasseri was expelled from the United Kingdom, so he tried to enter West Germany again, but he was expelled to the Belgian border before Belgium accepted him.
On 7 October 1980, his request for asylum was granted by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees in Belgium. Nasseri lived in Belgium until 1986, when he decided to move to the United Kingdom. He claimed that he was mugged, and his shoulder bag stolen while waiting at the RER platform to go to Charles de Gaulle Airport to take a flight to Heathrow. Nasseri managed to board the plane, but when he arrived at Heathrow without the necessary documentation, Heathrow officials sent him back to Charles de Gaulle airport. Nasseri was unable to prove his identity or his refugee status to the French officials and so he was moved to the Zone d'attente (waiting zone), a holding area for travellers without papers.
Introduction
Nasseri was born in the Anglo-Persian Oil Company settlement located in Masjed Soleiman, Iran. His father was an Iranian doctor working for the company; while he claims his mother was an English nurse working in the same place, the Paul Berczeller article cited below says his family disputes this. He arrived in the United Kingdom in September 1973, to take a three-year course in Yugoslav studies at Bradford University.
Protests
While in the United Kingdom, Nasseri was a participant in protests against Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran in March 1974. He returned to Iran on 7 August 1975, after money for university fees had unexpectedly been halted. By his own report, on arrival at Tehran's airport, he was taken directly to Evin Prison by the Iranian secret police, SAVAK, and was later imprisoned and tortured for four months before being expelled from the country. Journalists have been unable to verify these claims, finding only that Nasseri had been among 20 students questioned earlier, in 1970 following their protests against a new Tehran University regulation. No incarceration or torture was connected with the incident.
Wandering through Europe alone
Returning to Europe, he applied for asylum in Berlin, West Germany, and the Netherlands in 1977 but was rejected. Then in 1978, he applied in France but was rejected again; he later lost an appeal. The same thing happened in Yugoslavia. In 1979, he applied in Italy but was unsuccessful. He tried France again in 1980 and lodged an appeal again after it was rejected; the appeal itself was later rejected. His application to emigrate to the United Kingdom was rejected, and he was not allowed to enter the country at Heathrow Airport. Nasseri was expelled from the United Kingdom, so he tried to enter West Germany again, but he was expelled to the Belgian border before Belgium accepted him.
On 7 October 1980, his request for asylum was granted by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees in Belgium. Nasseri lived in Belgium until 1986, when he decided to move to the United Kingdom. He claimed that he was mugged, and his shoulder bag stolen while waiting at the RER platform to go to Charles de Gaulle Airport to take a flight to Heathrow. Nasseri managed to board the plane, but when he arrived at Heathrow without the necessary documentation, Heathrow officials sent him back to Charles de Gaulle airport. Nasseri was unable to prove his identity or his refugee status to the French officials and so he was moved to the Zone d'attente (waiting zone), a holding area for travellers without papers.
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