the iranian azeris (persian: ایرانیان آذربایجان; azeri: ایران آذربایجانلیلاری), also known as iranian azerbaijanis, are iranians of full or partial azeri descent. iranian azeris are a turkic-speaking people they are mainly descended from the earlier iranian-speakers of the region. the mother tongue of most iranian azeris is azeri language. azeri language is a turkic language learned and spoken by iranian peasants.