a survey about the reasons of cold relations between iran and republic of azerbaijan

this study is looking to understand the reasons behind cold relations of iran and republic of azerbaijan. the authors believe that iran and azerbaijan have not had friendly relationship in spite of many similarities including historical, cultural, ethnic and religious background. the hypothesis of this study is that there are six factors that cause the unfriendly relations. these factors are ethnicity, iran's religious activities in republic of azerbaijan, nagorno-karabakh crisis and iran's relations with armenia, the problem of legal regime of caspian sea, role and influence of turkey, influence of israel and its relations with azerbaijan, and ultimately us's policies and goals in the region.