Background
Mehran was born in Tehran on 11 November 1977, to an accountant and his wife, Shahin, a teacher. Mehran grew up in Argentina and the United States, as well as lived in Australia and Ireland.
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When, a year later, the Shah’s regime began to crumble, the couple began to make plans to leave. After the storming of the American embassy in Tehran upended their plan to move to the United States of America, the family instead migrated to Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1979, at the time of the Iranian Revolution. This time the family moved to America, where in Miami Marsha pursued, for a decade, her then dream of becoming a concert pianist.
Mehran"s parents divorced, and in the 1990s, Mehran and her mother came to New New York
I worked, initially, as a hostess in a restaurant owned by Russian mobsters. There were no customers there, which I thought a bit odd at first, until I realised that the restaurant was just a front for their other dealings.”
At age 17, Mehran"s father reports, her permanent visa for the United States was revoked for a "minor infraction".
Unhappy about having to leave the United States, Mehran moved to Ireland. Matador Pictures has optioned Pomegranate Soup, with Kirsten Sheridan slated to write and direct the film.
Mehran was found dead in her rented house in Lecanvey, County Mayo, Ireland, on 30 April 2014, having been dead for about a week.
She had lived there as a recluse and had deteriorated mentally, with the house filled with rubbish. She had suffered from long-term inflammatory bowel disease. The autopsy indicated this may have a factor in her death, though it was not possible to identify the exact cause.
Politics
In their new home, political upheaval, this time associated with the rule of the Argentine junta, forced the family to once more move continents. Mehran told an interviewer: “I arrived in New York with only $200 in my pocket.
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