Azerbaijan's Talysh 'ancients' under threat

The Talysh community in Azerbaijan says its elderly are amongst the oldest in the world.
Dozens of the group who live in the south of the country near the border with Iran, are said to have surpassed the age of 110, but the community fears that the pressures of modern life may make this generation the last of a "dying breed".
Tom Esslemont reports.

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[sspersian]

freedom to talysh iranian peaple from fake racist panturks of azarbaijan.

long life talyshistan.

azarbaijan republic=panturk racist prison.

[neodedeqorqud]

@sspersian shut the fuck up asshole! Talish people hate your Ayatulla...Even İran people hate your stupid and riakar mollahs...persian bitch!!!

[neodedeqorqud]

@kirdahanefarss 

[Azerikurtlari]

Talishs are our brothers and part of our Azerbaijan family! No one can destroy our brotherhood !

[persiandudeee]

Tylish speak a Persian Iranic dialect related to middle-Persian Pahlavi.

[Azamat9580]

Идите вы в жопу иранские шакалы, азери братья нам талышам. У нас одна родина под названием Азербайджан.

[SeeN0More]

@WinkyMaeve Thats exactly what I said, you dumb fuck. Medians were their ancestors just like the Kurds. Pay attention before you write a stupid comment. Medians were an iranian tribe.

[WinkyMaeve]

@SeeN0More Median/Iranian you dumb fuck, shut up

[SeeN0More]

@bigsoundz Tehey are median blooded.

[bigsoundz]

Talysh are Iranian people - they speak an Iranian language.