Investigating the Role of Azerbaijan Republic in Ethnic Challenges in Iran’s Azarbaijan

The Republic of Azerbaijan, due to its historical ties with the land of Iran and also being in a geopolitically and strategically important location that affects the regional role of the Islamic Republic of Iran, is an important political area from the perspective of national and territorial interests of this country. It is considered. The aim of this study is to investigate the role of the Republic of Azerbaijan in creating ethnic challenges in Azarbaijan, Iran, and tries to take steps to increase national solidarity by providing desirable solutions. The main question of the research is how the Republic of Azerbaijan creates ethnic challenges in Azarbaijan, Iran? In this regard, the research hypothesis is: The Republic of Azerbaijan, using cultural, linguistic and historical backgrounds with Azarbaijan of Iran, takes provocative actions and creates ethnic challenges in Iran. The research method is a combination of qualitative and quantitative through data collection in a library method with Taking notes tools and field method with in-depth interview tools. The data analysis method was done in the form of data description and quantitative content analysis after accessing all the results obtained from library sources and in-depth interviews. The most important findings of the research indicate that the Republic of Azerbaijan, according to 31% of the interviewees, uses provocative linguistic and historical links to provocative actions and create ethnic challenges in Azarbaijan, Iran.