Southern Azerbaijan National Awakening Movement گۆنئی ﺍذربایجان میللی وْیانؽش حرکتی Güney Azərbaycan Milli Oyanış Hərəkatı | |
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Abbreviation | GAMOH |
Leader | Mahmudali Chehregani, Mohammad Reza Laghaei |
Founded | 2002 |
Headquarters | Baku |
Ideology | |
Political position | Centre-left |
National affiliation | Congress of Nationalities for a Federal Iran |
Party flag | |
Website | |
http://www.gamoh.org/ | |
The Southern Azerbaijan National Awakening Movement (SANAM) (Azerbaijani: Güney Azərbaycan Milli Oyanış Hərəkatı/گۆنئی ﺍذربایجان میللی وْیانؽش حرکتی) (GAMOH) is a Baku-based group that advocates self-determination for Iranian Azerbaijanis,[1] and the "unification of Azerbaijanis living on both sides of the Aras River".[2]
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