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Exiled Iranian Who Inspired Steven Spielberg’s ‘The Terminal’ Dies At Paris Airport
It was in 1988 that Mehran first settled at the airport. (File)
Mehran Karimi Nasseri, the Iranian exile whose time spent at Paris’ Charles de Gaulle airport inspired filmmaker Steven Spielberg’s movie ‘The Terminal’, on Saturday, died of a heart attack in Terminal 2F of the same airport, reported Variety.
The outlet has shared that Mehran, who also went by the name Sir Alfred, had been living in the airport again in recent weeks. He lived in Terminal 1 of Charles de Gaulle Airport.
Mehran Karimi Nasseri shaves, early in the morning, in the terminal 1 of Paris Charles De Gaulle airport
It was in 1988 that Mehran first settled at the airport after the United Kingdom denied him political asylum as a refugee despite the fact that he had a Scottish mother.
According to Variety, he deliberately chose to reside at the airport after declaring himself stateless and reportedly always had his luggage by his side.
Mehran Karimi Nasseri sleeps early in the morning, in the terminal 1 of Paris Charles De Gaulle airport
Mehran, first left the airport when he was hospitalized in 2006, 18 years after first settling there, used to spend time reading, writing diary entries and studying economics, reported Variety.
Spielberg decided to make the 2004 film ‘The Terminal’ based on his unconventional situation. It starred Tom Hanks as an Eastern European man who resides in New York’s John F. Kennedy airport after being denied entry to the United States.
Mehran Karimi Nasseri looks at a poster of the movie inspired by his life
Apart from this, the 1993 French film ‘Tombes du ciel,’ starring Jean Rochefort, was also inspired by Mehran, who was the subject of numerous documentaries and journalistic profiles.
As per Variety, he was believed to have been born in 1945 in the Iranian city of Masjed Soleiman and his autobiography titled ‘The Terminal Man’ was published in 2004.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
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Exiled Belarus activist found hanged in Ukraine, police open murder case
KYIV, Aug 3 (Reuters) – A Belarusian activist living in exile in Ukraine was found hanged in a park near his home in Kyiv early on Tuesday, and Ukrainian police said they had launched a murder case.
Vitaly Shishov, who led a Kyiv-based organisation that helps Belarusians fleeing persecution, had been reported missing by his partner on Monday after failing to return home from a run.
Police said they had launched a criminal case for suspected murder, including investigating whether killers tried to disguise the crime as suicide.
Shishov had felt under constant surveillance since he left Belarus last year after taking part in anti-government protests, his colleagues said in a statement. He had been warned about possible threats, including being kidnapped or killed.
“Belarusian citizen Vitaly Shishov, who disappeared yesterday in Kyiv, was found hanged today in one of Kyiv’s parks, not far from his place of residence,” the police statement said.
Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania have become havens for Belarusians during a crackdown by President Alexander Lukashenko following a disputed election last year.
Shishov led the Belarusian House in Ukraine (BDU) group, which helps Belarusians find accommodation, jobs and legal advice, according to its website.
“We were also repeatedly warned by both local sources and our people in the Republic of Belarus about all kinds of provocations, including kidnapping and liquidation,” BDU said in a statement.
“Vitaly treated these warnings stoically and with humour.”
The organisation had said on Monday it was not able to contact Shishov. It said Shishov had left his residence at 9 a.m. (0600 GMT) and was supposed to have returned an hour later.
The Belarusian authorities have characterised anti-government protesters as criminals or violent revolutionaries backed by the West, and described the actions of their own law enforcement agencies as appropriate and necessary.
BDU was set to organise a march in Kyiv on August 8 to mark a year since the start of mass protests against Lukashenko.
Reporting by Natalia Zinets and Ilya Zhegulev
Writing by Matthias Williams
Editing by Andrew Heavens, Peter Graff
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