Southern Azerbaijan National Awakening Movement

The Southern Azerbaijan National Awakening Movement (SANAM) (Azerbaijani: Güney Azərbaycan Milli Oyanış Hərəkatı/گۆنئی آذربایجان میللی وْیانؽش حرکتی) (GAMOH) is a Baku-based group that advocates self-determination for Iranian Azerbaijanis, and the "unification of Azerbaijanis living on both sides of the Aras River".

Southern Azerbaijan National Awakening Movement گۆنئی آذربایجان میللی وْیانؽش حرکتی Güney Azərbaycan Milli Oyanış Hərəkatı
Abbreviation	GAMOH
Leader	Mahmudali Chehregani, Mohammad Reza Laghaei
Founded	2002; 23 years ago (2002)
Headquarters	Baku
Ideology	Azerbaijani nationalism Whole Azerbaijan Pan-Turkism
Political position	Centre-left
National affiliation	Congress of Nationalities for a Federal Iran
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Website
http://www.gamoh.org/
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Foundation and mission

It was separated from (SANLM) and founded in 2002 by Mahmudali Chehregani, and claims to represent the interests of Iran's Azerbaijani minority.

At the UNPO, Iranian Azerbaijan was previously represented by Southern Azerbaijan National Awakening Movement.

While Ilham Aliyev has attempted to dismiss claims that his government is taking any anti-Iranian ethnic nationalist positions, the Iranian government and groups like Iranian nationalist circles, especially Iranian Azerbaijanis, are dubious about the intentions of the Azerbaijani government due to the ongoing actions of irredentist elements like the Southern Azerbaijan National Awakening Movement and the support that they receive from Azerbaijani authorities, both state and non-state.

See also

• Azerbaijan National Resistance Organization
• Human rights in Iran
• Whole Azerbaijan

Sources

• Ahmadi, Hamid (2016). "The Clash of Nationalisms: Iranian Response to Baku's Irredentism". In Kamrava, Mehran (ed.). The Great Game in West Asia: Iran, Turkey and the South Caucasus. Oxford University Press. pp. 102–140. ISBN 978-0190673604.