Suspect Nima Momeni Quizzed Bob Lee on ‘Inappropriate’ Contact With Sister That couldn’t be further from the image 45-year-old Elyassnia has painted in social media posts, comments to glamour magazines, and an interview published in the San Francisco edition of lifestyle magazine Haute Living. Born to a family of Assyrian and Armenian ancestry in Iran, Elyassnia and his family immigrated to the United States during the Iranian Revolution. He grew up in California and attended University of Southern California Medical School, where he specialized in cosmetic surgery.