Azerbaijan National Resistance Organization
Azerbaijan National Resistance Organization (ANRO) (Persian: تشکیلات مقاومت ملی آذربایجان) (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Milli Dirəniş Təşkilatı) was officially founded in 2006.[1] [2][3] The group defines itself as a part and subset of general National Movement of South Azerbaijan[4] and advocates separatism for the Iranian Turks due to their perceived cultural and economic discrimination.
Azerbaijan National Resistance Organization | |
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Spokesperson | Babek Chalabiyanli |
Founded | March 19, 2006 |
Headquarters | Tabriz |
Ideology | Azerbaijani nationalism Secularism Democracy Separatism |
Website | |
http://www.diranish.org/ | |
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Advocacy
ANRO seeks to regain withheld economical, political, social, cultural and human rights and fundamental liberties of Turkic people in Iranian Azerbaijan.[5]
ANRO aims to act within the democratic and civil struggle methods and values.[1][6] The group avoids and condemns all kinds of violence, especially those from governments and organized armed terrorists.
In ANRO opinion, the struggle for self-determination is a legitimate and necessary right of the Turkic people in Iranian Azerbaijan.[7]
The ANRO's news outlet is ArazNews, and Babek Chalabiyanli is the group's official spokesman.
The ceremony for the tenth anniversary of the Azerbaijan National Resistance Organization was held with the presence of authorities, members, supporters and guests from other organizations in South Azerbaijan on 22 March 2016.[8][9]
References
- "Azerbaijan National Resistance Organization (ANRO); A Brief Introduction". Archived from the original on 2017-09-04. Retrieved 2016-09-26.
- "Ana Hatlarıyla Azerbaycan Milli Hareketi". Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- "South Azerbaijan is not Iran, should be treated separately to regime, says resistance head". Archived from the original on 8 September 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- "Güney Azerbaycan Türklüğü nün Özgürlük Mücadelesi Yolunda Azerbaycan Millî Direniş Teşkilatı (AMDT) kitap, Son Çağ yayın evi Matbaacılık Ltd.Şri" (PDF). Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- Azeri Movement Argues for Independence From Iran
- "مظاهرات ضد التفرقة العنصرية شمال غرب إيران - المعهد الدولي للدراسات الإيرانية". Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- "آزربایجان میللی دیرنیش تشکیلاتینین اینانجلار تمهلی". Archived from the original on 2016-05-02. Retrieved 2016-09-09.
- "The Tenth Anniversary of "Azerbaijan National Resistance Organization " Was Commemorated". Archived from the original on 8 September 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- "Azərbaycan Milli Dirəniş Təşkilatı ildönümünü qeyd etdi". VOA. Retrieved 25 June 2019.