Cənubi Azərbaycan [[İran]]ın inzibati bölgüsündə əsasən aşağıdakı ostanlardan ibarətdir:

 

 

Cənub Azərbaycan əhalisi əsasən azərbaycanlılardan ibarətdir.<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/46770/Azerbaijan Britanika ansiklopediyası] Özət: ''The population consists mainly of Azeri-speaking Turks...''</ref><ref>Encyclopedia of the Peoples of Africa and the Middle East/Jamie Stokes, editor; Anthony Gorman and Andrew Newman, historical consultants.Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8160-7158-6 (hardcover : alk. paper),ISBN 978-1-4381-2676-0 (e-book). An imprint of Infobase Publishing 132 West 31st Street New York NY 10001 in the United States of America, 2009.: Contents: Entries A to Z: Azeris (Azerbaijanis), page 78{{oq|en|..Today an estimated 75 percent of ethnic Azeris live in Iran, while most of the rest live in the Azerbaijan. It is estimated that in the Iranian provinces of Ardabil, East Azerbaijan, West Azerbaijan, Zenjan, Hamadan, Astara, and Qazvin, the population is about 90 percent ethnic Azeri. The Azeri-dominated provinces of Iran cover about 65,600 square miles, while the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan is only about 33,400 square miles in area...}}, 79{{oq|en|..The Azeri language is part of the Turkic family of languages. Approximately 8 million people in the Republic of Azerbaijan, 32 million people in Iran,...}}</ref>