TEHRAN —Azeri Turkish language will be offered as a new field of study at Iranian universities in the coming acedemic year starting September 22, the deputy science minister said.

Preceded by Kurdish language studies which was launched last year, now Azeri Turkish studies are designed to give the student the opportunity to study this language at an academic level, Mojtaba Shari’ati-Niasar said, Khabaronline reported.

The official further noted that some 70 new fields of study have been offered to the students over the past three years.

Azeri Turkish is mainly spoken in Iranian Azarbaijan and Turkish (also known as Istanbul Turkish) is mainly spoken in Turkey.

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