<Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> مهران کریمی ناصری Mehran Karimi Nasseri 1942 (age 75--76) Masjed Soleiman, Iran </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Nationality </Th> <Td> Iranian (1942--1977) Stateless (1977--present) </Td> </Tr> <P> Mehran Karimi Nasseri (مهران کریمی ناصری pronounced (mehˈrɒn kjæriˈmi nɒseˈri); born 1942), also known as Sir Alfred Mehran, is an Iranian refugee who lived in the departure lounge of Terminal One in Charles de Gaulle Airport from 26 August 1988 until July 2006, when he was hospitalized for an unspecified ailment . His autobiography has been published as a book, The Terminal Man, in 2004 . His story was the inspiration for the 2004 Tom Hanks movie The Terminal </P> <P> Nasseri was born in the Anglo - Persian Oil Company settlement located in Masjed Soleiman, Iran . His father was an Iranian physician working for the company . Nasseri stated that his mother was a nurse from Scotland working in the same place . He arrived in the United Kingdom in September 1973, to take a three - year course in Yugoslav studies at the University of Bradford . </P>

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