"over the last months we've had many refugees of all sorts passing along our road, iranians, british, europeans, americans, many azerbaijanis, many but no soviets."

For comparison, 31% had similar feeling toward Caucasians, 23% toward Tajiks, 17% toward Azerbaijanis and 9% toward Georgians in Moscow.

Thanks to Mirza Khazar and his staff at Radio Liberty, Azerbaijanis in and outside Azerbaijan, as well as the international community, learned about the Soviet invasion and gained a chance to organise protest actions.

"azerbaijanis are a treacherous breed, and cruel the qajar shahs came from tabriz so did shah abbas, who built isfahan and tried to ensure his longevity by murdering his eldest son and blinding another..." hashemi fazir was watching the car out of the window, willing abdollah khan to concede.