The Baluchi Autonomist Movement (BAM) was an ethnic
Baluchi guerrilla movement in
Iranian Balochistan during the 1980s. The movement was supported by the
Iraq
Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...
i government. The BAM's main demands were limited autonomy and economic concessions for
Iranian Baluchis. After the
Iran–Iraq War
The Iran–Iraq War was an armed conflict between Iran and Iraq that lasted from September 1980 to August 1988. It began with the Iraqi invasion of Iran and lasted for almost eight years, until the acceptance of United Nations Security Council ...
, the BAM members fled to neighboring Arab
Persian Gulf
The Persian Gulf ( fa, خلیج فارس, translit=xalij-e fârs, lit=Gulf of Persis, Fars, ), sometimes called the ( ar, اَلْخَلِيْجُ ٱلْعَرَبِيُّ, Al-Khalīj al-ˁArabī), is a Mediterranean sea (oceanography), me ...
nations, which led to the dissolution of the group. Today it is believed that BAM divided into many groups, one of them being
Jundallah, previously known as ''Jondollah''.
See also
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Jundallah
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Iran–Iraq War
The Iran–Iraq War was an armed conflict between Iran and Iraq that lasted from September 1980 to August 1988. It began with the Iraqi invasion of Iran and lasted for almost eight years, until the acceptance of United Nations Security Council ...
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People's Mujahedin of Iran
References
* Albert J. Jongman, Alex Peter Schmid
''Political Terrorism: A New Guide to Actors, Authors, Concepts, Data Bases, Theories, & Literature'' Transaction Publishers, 2005. ,
Baloch nationalist militant groups
Baloch people
1980s in Iran
National liberation movements
Paramilitary organisations based in Iran
Balochistan
Nationalist organizations
Militant opposition to the Islamic Republic of Iran
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