I'm writing a book, and my MC's family originates from Iran, who flee the country in 1907 due to the political tension caused by the revolts and anglo-russian convention, but, I need them to end up in Greece, preferably before 1926, and I don't know how to write it realistically--would they make a stop in Turkey? Or travel the other way round? Would there even be an opportunity for them to sail there directly from Iran?
I've investigated what I can and every time I find a way for that to have been possible or probable, but it's always something that would make their next immigration difficult and or I plain can't find any records of immigration from Iran to Greece from those years.
I'm so confused and while it's only a backstory, it's something that I feel I need to have sorted out for the rest of the story to make sense.
Any help is much much MUCH appreciated!
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