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Even several prominent members of the current civil-military leadership are ethnically Azeri, including Supreme Leader Khamenei, President Masoud Pezeshkian, Defense Minister Brig.-Gen.—Kamran Bokhari, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026 While 51% form the Persian majority, 24% of the country identify as Azeri.—Shukriya Bradost, The Conversation, 13 Jan. 2026 Likewise, an unnamed senior Azeri official told The Times of Israel that Azerbaijan had not decided on whether to join the ISF, despite being named as an early partner.—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 13 Dec. 2025 Both of Googoosh’s parents grew up in Iran’s large Azeri Turkic community, and Azeri was her first language.—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2025 Azeri was making his Mugello debut.—Jonathan Hawkins, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025 Two Azeri demands have held up efforts to finalize the peace:
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has insisted that Armenia amend its constitution to remove all references to Nagorno-Karabakh as an Armenian entity.—Fred Weir, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Aug. 2025 But at its heart, 3 Faces marks the start of a more meditative series of films in which Panahi returns to his roots among the Azeri of western Iran.—Tiara Ataii, Vulture, 24 June 2025 Off since November, Fast Anna’s daughter returned fresh as a daisy in Oaklawn’s Grade II $400,000 Azeri March 8.—Bob Wisener, Arkansas Online, 12 Apr. 2025
Word History
Etymology
Turkish Azeri & Azerbaijani azäri, ultimately from Arabic ādhar-, short for Ādharbayjān Azerbaijan