Coordinates Azerbaijan or Azarbaijan (Persian: آذربایجان Āzarbāijān [ɒːzærbɒjdʒɒːn]; [lacks stress] Azerbaijani: آذربایجان Azərbaycan [ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn]), [lacks stress] also known as Iranian Azerbaijan, is a historical region in northwestern Iran that borders Iraq, Turkey, the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Armenia, and the Republic of Azerbaijan



