WAshig Alasgar was an Azeri mystic troubadour (Ashik) and highly regarded poet of Azeri folk songs. He was born in the village of Aghkilsa in the Goycha district of the Erivan Khanate administrative division within Qajar Iran.
WReza Baraheni, is an Iranian, an exiled Iranian novelist, poet, critic, and political activist.
WFarhad Ebrahimi was an Iranian poet, writer, and songwriter of Azerbaijani music. His most important work is the lyrics to Ayrılıq ("Separation") a song that has been performed by many Azerbaijani singers, such as Ali Salimi, Rashid Behbudov, and Googoosh.
WMadina Gulgun, born Madina Nurulla qizi Alakbarzadeh, was an Iranian-Azerbaijani poet.
WIzzeddin Hasanoğlu was the founder of literature in Azerbaijani language.
WPrince Iraj Mirza, son of prince Gholam-Hossein Mirza, was a famous Iranian poet. He was a modern poet and his works are associated with the criticism of traditions. He also made translation of literary works from French into Persian.
WRosa Jamali, is an Iranian poet, translator, literary critic and playwright.
WAli Mojuz or Mirza Ali Mojuz Shabestarti was an Iranian Azerbaijani poet. He chose to write in Azeri Turkish instead of Persian, Iran's dominant language.
WSeyid Abulgasim Nabati was a 19th-century Iranian Azerbaijani poet.
WAli Nazem – was an Azerbaijani poet, writer and literary critic of Azerbaijani literature.
WMaryam Palizban is an Iranian film and stage actor. She graduated in 2004 from Tehran University-Faculty of Fine Arts in Performing Art. She is passing her Doctorate thesis on Ta'zieh of Theater in Free University of Berlin Germany. She has received various prizes in Experimental and puppet theatre festivals as the best director and writer. She played a leading part in Deep Breath, for which she was nominated as best actress by the Cinema Academy, 21st Fajr International Film Festival.
WBulud Qarachorlu, mainly known by his pen name,, was a legendary Iranian poet of the Azerbaijani people. Sahand wrote in the Azerbaijani language.
WKhasta Qasim – was an Iranian Azerbaijani poet of Azerbaijani literature. Khasta Qasim was one of the best Azerbaijani-language poets; he was also a mystic, ashik, and philosopher in the era of the Afsharid dynasty, popularly known as Dada and Gasim.
WQovsi Tabrizi was an Iranian poet of the 17th century.
WSeyyed Mohammad Hossein Behjat Tabrizi, mainly known by his pen name, Shahriar, was a notable Iranian Azerbaijani poet who wrote in both Azerbaijani and Persian. His most important work, Heydar Babaya Salam is considered to be the pinnacle in Azerbaijani literature which gained great popularity in the Turkic world and was translated to more than 30 languages.