The Southern Azerbaijan National Awakening Movement (SANAM) ( az, Güney Azərbaycan Milli Oyanış Hərəkatı) (GAMOH) is a
Baku-based group that advocates self-determination for
Azerbaijanis of Iran, and the "unification of
Azerbaijanis living on both sides of the
Aras River
, az, Araz, fa, ارس, tr, Aras
The Aras (also known as the Araks, Arax, Araxes, or Araz) is a river in the Caucasus. It rises in eastern Turkey and flows along the borders between Turkey and Armenia, between Turkey and the Nakhchivan excl ...
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Foundation and mission
It was separated from (SANLM) and founded in 2002 by
Mahmudali Chehregani
Mahmudali Chehregani ( az, Mahmudəli Babaxan oğlu Çöhrəqanlı, fa, محمود علی چهرگانی) (also known as Mahmudali Chohraganli) is an Iranian Azerbaijani political activist, born in Shabestar, East Azarbaijan Province, Iran, in 1 ...
, and claims to represent the interests of Iran's
Azerbaijani minority.
At the
UNPO
The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization, or simply UNPO is an international organization established to facilitate the voices of unrepresented and marginalised nations and peoples worldwide. It was formed on 11 February 1991 in The Ha ...
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Iranian Azerbaijan was previously represented by Southern Azerbaijan National Awakening Movement.
See also
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Azerbaijan National Resistance Organization
Azerbaijan National Resistance Organization (ANRO) (AMDT) ( Persian: تشکیلات مقاومت ملی آذربایجان) (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Milli Dirəniş Təşkilatı) was officially founded in 2006. The group defines itself as a part ...
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Human rights in Iran
From the Imperial Pahlavi dynasty (1925 to 1979), through the Islamic Revolution (1979), to the era of the Islamic Republic of Iran (1979 to current), government treatment of Iranian citizens' rights has been criticized by Iranians, by interna ...
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Iranian Azerbaijanis
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Whole Azerbaijan
Whole Azerbaijan ( az, Bütöv Azərbaycan) is an irredentist concept of uniting presumed historically Azerbaijani-inhabited territories into the Republic of Azerbaijan.
History
The idea of "Whole Azerbaijan" was formulated by Piruz Dilanchi ...
References
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Political organizations based in Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani nationalism
Members of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization
Pan-Turkist organizations
Political parties of minorities in Iran
Azerbaijani irredentism
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