Indeed, Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is an ethnic Azeri and so is Rahim Safavi, the overall commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and the most important military-security official in the country.
Azeris unhappy at being butt of national jokes (неопр.). IRIN. UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (25 мая 2006). Дата обращения: 19 июня 2009. Архивировано 14 августа 2007 года.
Оригинальный текст (англ.)
Although Azeris are prominent among Iran’s elite — the supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is an Azeri — they are often the targets of jokes and regularly mocked by the Persian majority.
Indeed, Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is an ethnic Azeri and so is Rahim Safavi, the overall commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and the most important military-security official in the country.
