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.