Ashkan Kooshanejad and singer-songwriter Negar Shaghaghi in Tehran.
[1] The two starred in the award-winning fiction-documentary film No One Knows About Persian Cats by Iranian director Bahman Ghobadi in 2009.
[2] The film which was made without a permit follows their story trying to find live members to play in some festivals in the UK.
Due to the film's success and the post election turmoil during the summer of 2009 in Iran, Kooshanejad, Shaghaghi and Ghobadi were forced to ask for asylum and have not been able to return since.
[3] Four of Take It Easy Hospital's songs are on the soundtrack from the film No One Knows About Persian Cats, being released worldwide over 2010.