A focused population profile of Iranian Azerbaijanis, their northwestern Iranian background, closest modern genetic matches, ancestry model, and World Genetics G25 heatmap.
Iranian Azerbaijanis are Azerbaijani-speaking people of northwestern Iran, especially in and around East Azerbaijan, West Azerbaijan, Ardabil, Zanjan, and nearby regions. They form a major Azerbaijani population outside the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Their language is Azerbaijani, also called Azeri Turkic, a southwestern Turkic language. Iranian Azerbaijani speech has its own regional varieties and a long history of contact with Persian and other Iranian languages.
Genetically, Iranian Azeri references often bridge the South Caucasus, northwestern Iran, and eastern Anatolia. Comparing the Iranian Azeri page with the Azerbaijan page helps separate shared Azerbaijani-speaking affinity from country-specific regional shifts.
In the World Genetics modern G25 comparison, the closest non-self match for Azeri Iran is Azeri Iran Ardabil. Other nearby references include Azeri Azerbaijan Aghjabadi, Azeri Iran Zanjan, Azeri Azerbaijan, and Azeri Turkey Iğdır. This gives the Azeri Iran profile its nearest modern genetic context inside the current reference database.
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The ancestry breakdown models deeper components, while the closest-match table shows modern similarity. For Iranian Azerbaijanis, the profile is best read in a northwestern Iranian and Azerbaijani context rather than as a simple national Iranian average.
The heatmap should focus on northwestern Iran, the South Caucasus, and the eastern Anatolian borderlands where the closest Azerbaijani and Azeri Turkey references sit.
The closest non-self match in this World Genetics comparison is Azeri Iran Ardabil. Other nearby references include Azeri Azerbaijan Aghjabadi, Azeri Iran Zanjan, Azeri Azerbaijan, and Azeri Turkey Iğdır.
In the current modern G25 reference set, Azeri Iran Ardabil is the closest listed match to the Azeri Iran average after removing Azeri Iran itself from the table.
The heatmap shows where modern reference populations are closer or farther from the Azeri Iran G25 average, giving the closest-match results a geographic view.
