The Southern Azerbaijan National Awakening Movement (SANAM) () (GAMOH) is a

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-based group that advocates

self-determination Self-determination refers to a people's right to form its own political entity, and internal self-determination is the right to representative government with full suffrage. Self-determination is a cardinal principle in modern international la ...

for

Iranian Azerbaijanis Iranian Azerbaijanis (; ) are the largest ethnic minority of Iran. They are primarily found in and are native to the Iranian Azerbaijan region including provinces of (East Azerbaijan, Ardabil Province, Ardabil, Zanjan Province, Zanjan, West ...

, and the "unification of

Azerbaijanis Azerbaijanis (; , ), Azeris (, ), or Azerbaijani Turks (, ) are a Turkic peoples, Turkic ethnic group living mainly in the Azerbaijan (Iran), Azerbaijan region of northwestern Iran and the Azerbaijan, Republic of Azerbaijan. They are predomin ...

living on both sides of the

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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 The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) is an international organization established to facilitate the voices of unrepresented and marginalized Nation, nations and peoples worldwide. It was formed on 11 February 1991 at the P ...

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was previously represented by Southern Azerbaijan National Awakening Movement. While

Ilham Aliyev Ilham Heydar Oghlu Aliyev (born 24 December 1961) is an Azerbaijani politician who has been the fourth president of Azerbaijan since 2003. He is also the leader of the New Azerbaijan Party since 2005. The son and second child of former Aze ...

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

, 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.

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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 {{Iran-stub

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