Southern Azerbaijan National Awakening Movement

The Southern Azerbaijan National Awakening Movement (SANAM) (Azerbaijani: Güney Azerbaycan Milli Oyanış Herekatı) (GAMOH) is a Baku-based[1] separatist group that advocates for the separation of Iranian Azerbaijan from Iran,[2] and "unification of Azeris living on both sides of the Araxes River".[3]

Foundation and mission

It was founded in 1995[6] by Mahmudali Chehregani, and claims to represent the interests of Iran's Azerbaijani minority.[7] According to Roger Howard, "Sanam is almost unheard of inside Iran and there is no evidence at all that Chehregani commands any real following there"[8]

References

  1. ^ Jean-Christophe Peuch (May 31, 2006). "Iran: Cartoon Protests Point To Growing Frustration Among Azeris". Radio Free Europe. http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2006/05/d11e08d4-32e7-4de5-9e8f-ab2971130928.html. 
  2. ^ William O. Beeman, "The "Great Satan" vs. the "Mad Mullahs",University of Chicago Press, 2008. pg 135: "The Bush administration also flitered with supporting the Mujaheddin-Khalq (MEK) in their efforts to overthrow the Tehran government, supporting Mahmud Ali Chehregani, leader of an Azerbaijani separatist movement calling for a federated Iran".
  3. ^ Jean-Christophe Peuch (May 31, 2006). "Iran: Cartoon Protests Point To Growing Frustration Among Azeris". Radio Free Europe. http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2006/05/d11e08d4-32e7-4de5-9e8f-ab2971130928.html. 
  4. ^ UNPO
  5. ^ GAMOH official website.
  6. ^ muslimnews - The Southern Azerbaijan National Awakening Movement, SANAM or GAMOH, led by Mahmudali Chehregani was founded in 1995
  7. ^ eurasianet DISSIDENT IRANIAN AZERI CONFIRMS HE WAS DEPORTED FROM AZERBAIJAN
  8. ^ Roger Howard, "Iran in crisis?: nuclear ambitions and the American response", Zed Books, 2004. pg 181

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