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| Azeris in Iran are in high positions of authority with the Ayatollah ] currently sitting as the ]. Azeris in Iran remain quite conservative in comparison to most Azeris in the Republic of Azerbaijan. Nonetheless, since the Republic of Azerbaijan's independence in 1991, there has been renewed interest and contact between Azeris on both sides of the border. | Azeris in Iran are in high positions of authority with the Ayatollah ] currently sitting as the ]. Azeris in Iran remain quite conservative in comparison to most Azeris in the Republic of Azerbaijan. Nonetheless, since the Republic of Azerbaijan's independence in 1991, there has been renewed interest and contact between Azeris on both sides of the border. | ||
| ==Famous Azeris of Iran== | |||
| Azaris (Azeris) - Turkic speaking and non-Turkic speaking - have participated in Iran's history and politics, and continue to do so. Some of the most famous Azeris of Iran involved on national levels are: | |||
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- This article is about Azeris in Iran. For Azeris in general, see the respective article.
The Azeri (also known as Azerbaijani population of Iran is mainly found in the northwest provinces: East Azarbaijan, West Azarbaijan, Ardebil, Zanjan, and Markazi. Many others live in Tehran, Karaj and other regions. Generally, Azeris in Iran have been, "a well integrated linguistic minority", according to academics such as anthropologist Patricia Higgins. In fact, until the Pahlavi period in the 20th century, "the identity of Iran was not exclusively Persian, but supra-ethnic", as much of the political leadership, starting from the 11th century, had been Turkic. The Iranian and Turkic groups were integrated until 20th century nationalism and communalism began to alter popular perception. Despite friction, Azerbaijanis in Iran came to be well represented at all levels of, "political, military, and intellectual hierarchies, as well as the religious hierarchy."
Resentment came with Pahlavi policies that suppressed the use of the Azerbaijani language in local government, schools, and the press. However with the advent of the Iranian Revolution in 1979, emphasis shifted away from nationalism as the new government highlighted religion as the main unifying factor. Within the Islamic Revolutionary government there emerged an Azeri nationalist faction led by Ayatollah Kazem Shariatmadari, who advocated greater regional autonomy and wanted the constitution to be revised to include secularists and opposition parties; this was denied. Azeri nationalism has oscillated since the Islamic revolution and recently escalated into riots over the publication in May 2006 of a cartoon that many Azeris found offensive. The cartoon was drawn by Mana Neyestani, an ethnic Azeri, who was fired along with his editor as a result of the controversy.
Despite sporadic problems, Azeris are an intrinsic community within Iran. Currently, the living conditions of Azeris in Iran closely resemble that of Persians:
The life styles of urban Azarbaijanis do not differ from those of Persians, and there is considerable intermarriage among the upper classes in cities of mixed populations. Similarly, customs among Azarbaijani villagers do not appear to differ markedly from those of Persian villagers.
Azeris in Iran are in high positions of authority with the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei currently sitting as the Supreme Leader. Azeris in Iran remain quite conservative in comparison to most Azeris in the Republic of Azerbaijan. Nonetheless, since the Republic of Azerbaijan's independence in 1991, there has been renewed interest and contact between Azeris on both sides of the border.
Famous Azeris of Iran
Azaris (Azeris) - Turkic speaking and non-Turkic speaking - have participated in Iran's history and politics, and continue to do so. Some of the most famous Azeris of Iran involved on national levels are:
- Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran
- Mohammad Khatami, former president, is half Azari
- Parviz Fattah, current Minister of Energy
- Hakim Nezami Ganjavi
- Qatran Tabrizi, poet
- Ahmad Kasravi, Iranian nationalist politician and author
- Samad Behrangi, writer
- Sattar khan, constitutional revolutionary leader
- Bagher khan, constitutional revolutionary leader
- Kazem Sadegh-Zadeh
- Parvin E'tesami, poetess
- Karim Bagheri, soccer star
- Rasoul Khatibi, soccer star
- Mohammad Nosrati, soccer star
- Ali Daei, soccer star
- Iraj Mirza, poet and politician
- Maqsud Ali Tabrizi
- Hassan Roshdiyyeh
- Shams Tabrizi, mystic
- Ali Salimi
- Reza Baraheni
- Ali Soheili, Prime Minister of Iran
- Ebrahim Hakimi, Prime Minister of Iran
- Mahmud Jam, Prime Minister of Iran
- Mohammad Hossein Shahriar, famous poet
- Sheikh Mohammad Khiyabani, famous cleric
- Arteshbod Ghareh baghi, Iran's last Army Chief of Staff under the Pahlavi regime. (autobiography)
- Ali Javan, famous physicist
- Ayatollah Musavi Ardebili
- Mir-Hossein Mousavi, former Prime Minister of Iran
- Mina Ahadi, Communist Activist from WPI
- Ebrahim Nabavi, Journalist
- Ahmad Obali, Gunaz TV Leader
See also
- Azerbaijan (Iran)
- Azeris
- List of Azerbaijanis
- Azerbaijan
- Iran
- Demographics of Iran
- Azeris in Georgia
- Azeris in Turkey
Notes and references
- ^ Azarbaijanis
- ^ pp.188-191 Cite error: The named reference "ISBN6" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ Ibid.
- Iran between Two Revolutions by Ervand Abrahamian, p. 131. Princeton University Press (1982), ISBN 0691101345 (retrieved 10 June 2006).
- "Shi'ite Leadership: In the Shadow of Conflicting Ideologies", by David Menashri, Iranian Studies, 13:1-4 (1980) (retrieved 10 June 2006).
- "Ethnic Tensions Over Cartoon Set Off Riots in Northwest Iran" - The New York Times (retrieved 12 June 2006)
- "Iran Azeris protest over cartoon" - BBC (retrieved 12 June 2006)
- "Cockroach Cartoonist Jailed In Iran" - The Comics Reporter, May 24, 2006 (retrieved 15 June 2006)
- "Iranian paper banned over cartoon" - BBC News, May 23, 2006 (retrieved 15 June 2006)
- ^ Clawson, Patrick. Eternal Iran, 2005, ISBN 1-4039-6276-6, Palgrave Macmillan, p.5