page_title: Azerbaijan People's Government
hierarchical_section_title: Azerbaijan People's Government
context_page_description: The Azerbaijan People's Government was a short-lived unrecognized secessionist state in northern Iran from November 1945 to December 1946. Established in Iranian Azerbaijan, the Azerbaijan People's Government capital was the city of Tabriz. Its establishment and demise were a part of the Iran crisis, which was a precursor to the Cold War.
context_section_description: The Azerbaijan People's Government (Azerbaijani: آذربایجان ملی حکومتی - Azərbaycan Milli Hökuməti; Persian: حکومت خودمختار آذربایجان‎) was a short-lived unrecognized secessionist state in northern Iran from November 1945 to December 1946.  Established in Iranian Azerbaijan, the Azerbaijan People's Government capital was the city of Tabriz.  Its establishment and demise were a part of the Iran crisis, which was a precursor to the Cold War.
caption: A surcharged Iranian stamp with the portrait of Mohammad Reza Shah published under the name of National Government of Azerbaijan.
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