Mr Rahmani, now 41, he arrived in the UK from Iran in 2011 as a 26-year-old student looking to learn English. But the Home Office disagrees, saying that Mr Rahmani does not hold a sufficient political profile in the UK or Iran to be considered at such risk. Mr Rahmani, supported by Birchtree Law Chambers law firm, has had his asylum application rejected several times and is now waiting to hear the Home Office's verdict of his latest challenge. Mostafa Rahmani, an Iranian asylum seeker who has been in immigration limbo for 15 years (The Independent)His friend Leila Parnian, a member of 8mars has known him for 20 years. Mr Rahmani puts on a brave face when facing the world but I have witnessed first-hand his mental health deteriorating.