Persian Realm

Shahbanou Farah took the opportunity of her trip to Greece for the royal marriage of Prince Nikolaos to talk about the predicament of Iranian refugees in Greece. The refugees were given assylum a few days later. Her Majesty is a close friend of Queen Sophia of Spain who is also Greek and must have had some influence in convincing the Greek authorities in addressing this humanitarian issue after months of campaigning by various organizations in their favor. (See related News)

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