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	People of Iran: Iranian Ethnic Groups
		The Iranian Turks live mainly in the north west of Iran in the Eastern and Western Azarbaijan and Ardebil provinces (capitals Tabriz, Urumiyeh and Ardebil respectively), the Zanjan province up to Qazvin, in and around Hamedan, in Tehran, around Qom and Saveh, Khorasan province, and are scattered throughout many other parts of Iran.
		The Turkish dialect spoken in both the Azarbaijan province in Iran and in the Republic of Azarbaijan is Oghoz, which is the mother tongue of the Iranian Turks.
		The Iranian Baluchis are mostly of the Hanafi sect of the Sunni faith.
	www.iranchamber.com /people/articles/iranian_ethnic_groups.php (2792 words)

	ooBdoo
		The Iranian origin theory, favoured by some notable scholars and sources, is based upon the ancient presence of Iranic tribes, such as the Medes, in Iranian Azarbaijan, and Scythian invasions during the eighth century BCE.
		Archaeological evidence indicates that the Iranian religion of Zoroastrianism was prominent throughout the Caucasus before Christianity and Islam and that the influence of various Persian Empires added to the Iranian character of the area.
		The modern presence of the Iranian Talysh and Tats in Azerbaijan is further evidence of the former Iranian character of the region.
	www.oobdoo.com /wikipedia/?title=Azeris (6634 words)

	Azerbaijan (Iran) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The region is bounded in the north by Armenia and the Republic of Azarbaijan in the historical Iranian territory of Arran and in the West by Lake Urmia and Kurdish-inhabited Areas of Iran.
		The northern Iranian provinces of Arran and Shirvan, which today constitute the State of Azarbaijan were ceded to Russia by treaties of 1813 and 1828.
		Following their expantionist policies, the soviet forces occupied Iranian Azarbaijan in 1941 and created a very short-lived autonomous, Soviet-supported state in May 1946, which was dissoleved after re-unification of Iranian Azerbaijan with Iran in November of the same year.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Iranian_Azarbaijan (1064 words)

	Azarbaijan (Iran) information - Search.com
		Azarbaijan or Azerbaijan, also Iranian Azarbaijan (Persian: آذربایجان ایران; Āzārbāijān-e Irān; Azeri: آذربایجان), is a region in northwestern Iran and south of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
		Azarbaijan has an area of 176,512 square kilometers and a population of about 16 million (estimates vary) the Azerbaijanis make up the majority of the population.
		Iranian Azerbaijan is divided into the provinces of East Azarbaijan (1996 pop.
	www.search.com /reference/Azarbaijan_(Iran) (869 words)

	Ancient Azari - (The Circle of Ancient Iranian Studies - CAIS)©
		Azari was spoken in Azarbaijan and Arran(today known as the Republic of Azerbaijan) provinces at least up to the 11th century, when it began to be gradually displaced by the spreading Turkic language Azeri.
		According to Dehkhoda Dictionary, "the language of Azarbaijan is a branch of the Iranian languages known as Azari".
		Suffice it to say that the number of records and documents from Azarbaijan in the Pahlavi language are so numerous that it has left no doubt that this was indeed the native tongue of Azarbaijan before the arrival of the Turks.
	www.cais-soas.com /CAIS/Languages/ancient_azari.htm (979 words)

	YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Elam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In the Old Elamite period, it consisted of kingdoms on the Iranian plateau, centered in Anshan, and from the mid-2nd millennium BC, it centered in Susa in the Khuzestan lowlands.
		The later Neo-Elamite period is characterized by a significant migration of Iranians to the Iranian plateau.
		This pressure of immigrating Iranians pushed the Elamites of Anshan towards Susa, so that in the course of this period, Susiana became known as Elam, while Anshan and the Iranian plateau, the original home of the Elamites, were renamed Persia proper.
	www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Elam (3304 words)

	Ardabil
		The history of the province of Ardabil is a part of the history of Azarbaijan.
		Most Iranian historians believe that the city was built by Firooz, the Sasanid king (457-489 AC), and the city has a 1500 year history.
		In addition to the tourism attraction of the province, its significant location on the strategic border area as a neighbor with the Republic of Azarbaijan, have well facilitated for the development process of the province and the whole region.
	www.irantour.org /Iran/province/ardabil.html (929 words)

	Iran At A Glance \|\| Imam Reza (A.S.) Network (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Iranians, who were very unhappy with the existing social and economic inequalities in the time of the Sassanids, accepted Islam easily and contributed to its expansion and enrichment.
		Iranian embassies throughout the world are bound to issue tourist entry visa for applicants who hold valid passprots at the most within 10 days.
		Iran's northern province of Gilan is located between latitudes 36- 36' and 38- 27' N. and longitudes 48- 45' and 50- 34'E. This province is bounded on the north by the Caspian Sea, on the west by Ardebil, on the east by Mazandaran and on the south by Tehran province and Zanjan province.
	www.imamreza.net /eng/imamreza.php?print=2130 (21079 words)

	SalamIran, Tourism, Iran and the Iranians
		The lands of the Iranian fertile crescent in the northwest and west, including Lurestan, Kurdestan, and Azarbaijan, receive good and relatively reliable rainfall and, despite marked seasonal extremes of temperature, support large herds and prosperous dry farming.
		The majority of Iranian ethnic types are descendants of the Aryan tribes whose origins are lost in the antiquity.
		They were divided between Iranian Azarbaijan and the Russian or former Soviet Azarbaijan after the occupation of part of our country by the aggressive Russian forces during the Qajar Ka'ab.
	www.salamiran.org /CT/iranians.html (3732 words)

	History
		It is the land of Azargoshnasp temple; The fire temple of the Kings and the Nobles of Iran.
		In reference to the etymology of the term Azarbaijan, the late scholar and iconoclastic thinker, Ahmad Kasravi Tabrizi, himself an Iranian from Azarbaijan, has numerous enlightening articles, the following, is a shortened version of one called The Azarbaigan.
		The Iranian Constitutional Revolution originated in Tabriz and culminated during the reign of Mohammad Ali Shah of Qajar dynasty (1779-1925).
	home.att.net /~aturpat/history.htm (3735 words)

	Iranian Monuments: Historical Churches in Iran
		During the reign of Shah Abbas, the Safavid king, his sagacious policies caused a sizable number of Armenians from Armenia and Azarbaijan to transfer and settle in Esfahan and other regions of Iran.
		Azarbaijan is host to the oldest churches in Iran.
		The renovations resulted in the enlargement of the prayer hall and the small old church was converted into a prayer platform, holding the altar, the holy ornaments and a place where the priest could lead the prayers.
	www.iranchamber.com /monuments/historical_churches_iran.php (1688 words)

	ARRÂN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		For the purpose of distinguishing between the land of Azarbaijan province in Iran and what is today known as the Republic of Azerbaijan, the names of the two areas are spelled using different vowels, as underlined.
		It borders Iranian Kurdistan and Iraq of Adjam to the south, Turkish Kurdistan and Armenia to the west, Russian Armenia and the Southern Caucasus to the north.
		It was mostly run by immigrants from the Caucasus and the executors of Soviet policy, especially the cronies of Mir-Dja'far Bagherov, the secretary of the central committee of the Communist Party of the Caucasus.
	www.azargoshnasp.net /geography/azararan/realname.htm (2881 words)

	Britain.tv Wikipedia - Safavids
		The Safavids (Persian: ØµÙÙÛØ§Ù) were a native Iranian dynasty from Iranian Azarbaijan that ruled from 1501 to 1736, and which established Shi'a Islam as Iran's official religion and united its provinces under a single Iranian sovereignty, thereby reigniting the Persian identity and acting as a bridge to modern Iran.
		Increased contact with distant cultures in the 17th century, especially Europe, provided a boost of inspiration to Iranian artists who adopted modeling, foreshortening, spatial recession, and the medium of oil painting (Shah Abbas II sent Zaman to study in Rome).
		In addition to that, the Safavids' power base included largely Turkic-speaking warrior tribes from Azarbaijan and Anatolia, collectivley known as Kizilbash, who at certain periods were the de facto rulers of the empire.
	www.britain.tv /wikipedia.php?title=Safavids (3252 words)

	BakuTODAY.net - Iranian President To Visit Armenia In September (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		It will be the first official visit to the country by an Iranian head of state since the break-up of the Soviet Union.
		It said Tumanian also discussed with the Iranian leaders the implementation of other major bilateral projects such as the construction of a hydro-electric power plant on the river Arax separating the two countries and a mountain tunnel in Armenia’s southeastern Syunik region bordering Iran.
		Iranians know this already and are at a state of Panic.
	www.bakutoday.net /view.php?d=9553 (1169 words)

	ITA Carpets Page
		Summary: The Average share of the European Union in the export of Iranian hand-woven carpets in the 1988-1994 period was around 65 percent.
		Moreover all the villagers in the country and particularly peasants in East and West Azarbaijan, Bakhtaran, Kurdestan, Kerman, Kohkiluyeh- Boyerahmad provinces are engaged in that trade and villages surrounding Khoy, Boukan, Mahabad, Takab, Miandoab, Oshnavieh, Sardasht, Namein, Ardabil, Tabriz, Harsin and Firouzab are important gelim weaving centers in the country.
		With respect to the young age of the Iranian population and unemployment of over 10% of the active population, booting investment, carpet production and trade are of great importance due to creation of jobs for the youth, rural youth in particular.
	www.iraniantrade.org /carpets.htm (3624 words)

	History of Iranian Music (English)
		Another Iranian wind instrument is Sorna (an oboe-like Iranian instrument) which is common all ovElran and is of two types:Bakhtyari and Azarbaijani.
		The main types of the Korna (an Iranian instrument of the sorna family) are those in the north ciran, Gilan and Mashhad.
		The famous Iranian percussion instruments are the dohol, the dayereh, the drum and the Tonbak.
	www.farhangsara.com /musichist.htm (1462 words)

	languagehat.com: Comment on PERSIAN.
		We Iranians are again learning to respects each other as we did it many years before when we, iranian nations, lived together in peace and love.
		It is also worth noting that the prevalence of Turkish in modern Azarbaijan is actually a result of 3-5 waves of migration of Turkic tribes into the region in the 6-11th centuries, as well as Seljuk policies of forced language conversions for the Taleshis and Tatis, as well as Kurds, to Turkish.
		Finally, Iranians living in the heartland of modern day Iran are also a mix: Iranian mostly, but also some Arab and Turkic mixed in there as well due to frequent invasions.
	www.languagehat.com /mt/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=965 (3602 words)

	Talk:Azerbaijan (Iran) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Azarbaijan of Iran is completely part of Iran and the UN does not recognize a term such as Southern Azarbaijan.
		Other than that, if Azerbaijani People choose to live as Iranian citizens it is because of their allegiance to their country, not their perceived bond with another ethic group in the country.
		Azarbaijan is also used in English and is the proper way of spelling it when refering to the region within Iran.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:Azerbaijan_(Iran) (3694 words)

	Iranian War Games: Exercises, Tests, and Drills or Preparation and Mobilization for War? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Iranian Armed Forces—the Regular Armed Forces and the Revolutionary Guards Corps—began the first stage of massive nationwide war games along border areas of the province of Sistan and Baluchistan1 in the southeast of Iran bordering the Gulf of Oman, Pakistan, and NATO garrisoned Afghanistan to the east on Saturday, August 19, 2006.
		It is worth noting that the Iranian war games are taking place within the window of time that has been predicted by analysts for the initiation of an American or of an American-led attack against Iran.
		During the second phase of the unfolding military exercises the Iranian military test-fired surface-to-surface missiles from Kashan in coordination with other military movements.11 It must be noted that Kashan is a city which is strategically located in a central position where it can provide air defence(s) for both Iranian nuclear facilities/installations and the Iranian capital.
	www.kurdmedia.com /news.asp?id=13088 (608 words)

	Iranian police seize 38 kg of opium in Azarbaijan - Persian Journal Iran news, Latest iran news Iranian newspaper women ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Iranian police seize 38 kg of opium in Azarbaijan - Persian Journal Iran news, Latest iran news Iranian newspaper women zan
		Iranian police seize 38 kg of opium in Azarbaijan
		Police of East Azarbaijan province reported here Saturday that over 38 kg of opium were seized in 'Bonab' area, according to an IRNA report.
	www.iranian.ws /iran_news/publish/article_16102.shtml (324 words)

	Rumblings in Azerbaijan -- Bush's Hawks Eye Northern Iran (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		When Khomeini held a referendum on the kind of government Iranians were to choose, he gave voters only one choice: an Islamic republic with the chief ayatollah as head.
		The 1980's Iran war against Iraq, it was the Iranian Azeris who fought bravely and courageously alongside Iranian Arabs, the Kurds, the Baluchis and the Turkemans against the invaders.
		To say that Iranians who happened to reside in Azarbaijan will even contemplate forming a federation with the country of Azarbaijan is laughable.
	www.tribun.com /900/946.htm (1788 words)

	Darwan Tour and Travel Co. Ltd. - Iranian Tour and Travel
		In the modern Iranian society and with the expansion of education and better communications the young generation of Iranian nomads have made great progress supplying very intelligent engineers, medical doctors and scientists.
		Shahsevans on the other hand, are living in the northeastern Azarbaijan province.
		They were divided between Iranian Azarbaijan and the Russian and the former Soviet Azarbaijan after the occupation of part of our country by the aggressive Russian forces during the Ghajar dynesty.
	www.darwantour.com /nomadtribes.htm (863 words)

	BakuTODAY.net - Armenia, Iran Agree On Gas Supplies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The annual volume of Iranian deliveries is due to jump to 2.3 billion cubic meters in the future, raising the question of whether there will be that much demand for the fuel inside Armenia.
		Armenian and Iranian officials have indicated in the past that Armenia could serve as a transit route for Iranian gas exports to third countries, notably Georgia and Ukraine -- an option reportedly opposed by Russia.
		Iranian government thinks that they have to give as much right to the minorities like Armenians as they need.
	www.bakutoday.net /view.php?d=9086 (1022 words)

	About IRAN
		In addition to the tourism attraction of the province, its significant location on the strategic border area as a neighbour with the Republic of Azarbaijan, have well faciliated for the development process of the province and the whole region.
		The weather of the province varies between extreme cold on the mountains, to moderate on the plains during winter.
		It should be mentioned that most facilities are found in the provincial capital Ardabil, but all other towns enjoy acceptable facilities, such as restaurants and gusthouses.
	www.iccim.org /English/iran/03 (1909 words)

	THE IRANIAN: Hisotry, airlines, Iran Air, Hamid Razavi
		Although the purchased airplanes were delivered to the army for maintenance and flight operation, records indicate they were used to send government officials on their missions, to perform air services, transport postal packages and other needed public missions such as medical relief to areas including Rafsanjan and west border towns stricken with cholera.
		It is worthy to mention that a young pilot by the name of Major Khademi joined the group of pilots in the mail and passenger air services and, as a result he thought of going to England where he completed a flying course as a pilot and obtained a commercial pilot license (C.P.L.).
		Regarding air services before the establishment of the former Iranian Airways, sporadic accounts were printed in the newspapers at the time but referring to those is rather difficult.
	www.iranian.com /History/April98/Iranair (2786 words)

	Lebanon: The Victimization of a Nation on the Path to Empire Building
		Georgia, the Republic of Azarbaijan (Azerbaijan), and Turkey, along with the United States, have been trying to use their involvement in the now completed Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan project to as a counterbalance to Iranian and Russian economic and military influence and dominance in the Caucuses and the Caspian Basin.
		The importance of this pipeline is highlighted by the speculation that Iranian military planners have in the possibility of any American aggression against Iran threatened to destroy the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline concurrently with preventing the flow of traffic, meaning oil tankers, in the Persian Gulf.
		So much so that the Iranian dissident Akbar Ganji declined to meet with American officials on the grounds that the United States are more detrimental to democracy in Iran than the conservative movement in Iran.
	www.payvand.com /news/06/aug/1022.html (2816 words)

	Ardabil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		With 18050 Kilometres area, the province of Ardabil is located on the north- east of Iran.
		Most Iranian historians believe that the city was built by Firooz, the Sasanid king (457-489AC), and the city has a 1500 year history.
		according to Avesta, the Iranian profit, Zoroaster was born near the river Daei Yeta which is now named Aras, and he had written his book in Sabalab area, while he began to propagate his religion in the city of Ardabil.
	www.iranembassy-addis.net /English/Ardabil.php (349 words)

	Azeris Community, Azarbaijan Community, Affordable Hotel Lodging.
		The Azeris are typically Muslim and have a mixed cultural heritage of Turkic, Iranian, and Caucasian elements.
		The Azerbaijani language unifies Azeris and is mutually intelligible with Turkmen and Turkish (including the dialects spoken by the Iraqi Turkmen and by the Qashqai).
		As a result of this separate existence, the Azeris are mainly secularists in Azerbaijan and religious Muslims in Iranian Azarbaijan.
	www.azerisite.com (369 words)

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