Nadi does not want to move but Behrani gives her no choice. Connie warns her to let them handle it and on no account approach the owner. Kathy is adamant that she must have the house back in two weeks for her mother's visit. Or their office can contact the owner and ask if he would be willing to sell the house back to the county for what he paid. Connie says she can sue the county but that would take months. Kathy is stunned to learn that the house has already been sold. She recalls signing a paper months ago that she owed no tax, but since she didn't open her mail she was unaware of any problems. Kathy's visit to Connie Walsh, a lawyer, doesn't go well. He is advised to add a widow's walk to increase the resale value. Behrani attends the auction and buys the house for a fraction of what it is worth. In the newspaper he sees an advertisement for the auction of a seized property. He has saved money and plans to invest in a house he can fix up and sell for more than he paid. By day he is a highway worker and at night he works in a convenience store. No one knows that he works two menial jobs to support his family. With that out of the way, Behrani must begin saving money for his son's college education. Soraya is being married and her parents throw her a lavish wedding. He and his wife Nadi have two children, Soraya and Esmail. Colonel Massoud Behrani was forced to flee Iran with his family.

She is a house cleaner and cannot afford anything nicer. By the end of the day, Kathy's belongings are in storage and she gets a room at a cheap motel. He sends the other officer for cardboard boxes so they can help her move. He knows of some movers who owe him a favor. The officer takes pity on her and introduces himself as Lester Burdon. He advises her to call friends or family to help her move. One of the police officers tells her that unless she moves her belongings out, they will be auctioned along with the house. But the tax office has sent her several notices, none of which she opened. Stunned, Kathy tries to explain that she inherited the house from her father and there is no tax owed.

She is informed that the house is being seized for non-payment of a business tax and that she must vacate the property at once. Outside, Kathy sees two police officers and two other men. Suddenly there is a sharp knock at the door. The house is a mess, with unwashed dishes in the kitchen and unopened mail spilling across the floor. After revealing that Kathy's brother's wife is pregnant, her mother says she is coming to visit friends in two weeks and will drop in. Kathy lies and says her husband is there when in fact he left her six months earlier. phone call from her mother, who lives on the east coast. On the day it all began, Kathy was awakened by a 6:00 a.m. A police officer asks if she is Kathy Nicolo. The movie begins on a foggy night with a young woman sitting on a widow's walk. The struggles for the house lead to a tragic end. To help Kathy get the house back, the police officer threatens the Behrani family with deporting them from the country if they do not leave the house. She meets a policeman and starts a relationship with him. However, Kathy, who was the former owner of the house and lost it mistakenly charged for unpaid taxes, steps in and makes the life difficult for them. Behrani's goal is to spend the money he earns from selling the house to achieve his dream of building a place like the villa they used to have in north of Iran, and save the rest of the money for his son's education. Once she is married, he purchases a house in auction in the hope of making a profit by selling it for a higher price. Amir Behrani, who was a colonel in Shah's regime, spends most of his savings on a fancy wedding ceremony for his daughter. House of Sand and Fog is the story of an Iranian political refugee family who are in struggle for a better life in the United States.

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