Azerbaijan has always respected religions. From the Safavid Empire to the Shirvanshahs and Gajar, churches, synagogues, and cemeteries have been free, and we have opened our arms to those fleeing from oppression. Piromalli, a traveler who does not speak Turkish/Persian, says: The Pope asked Shah Abbas I to restore the church, and he gave three gifts.

Although it is written Turkish in the translation, it actually means Turkic, it is about Azerbaijani Turkish, which has existed in today’s Iran for thousands of years.