NLMA
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The National Liberation Movement of Ahwaz, or NLMA (ar: حركة التحرير الوطني الأحوازي, Harakit al-Taḥrīr al-Watani Al-Ahwazi), is an organization calling for a free independent Arab
Arab
Arab people, also known as Arabs , are a panethnicity primarily living in the Arab world, which is located in Western Asia and North Africa. They are identified as such on one or more of genealogical, linguistic, or cultural grounds, with tribal affiliations, and intra-tribal relationships playing...

 state called Ahwaz. Ahwaz or Ahvaz is the capital of the Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

ian province of Khūzestān.

The organization is currently located in the United states, and it calls for a referendum
Referendum
A referendum is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal. This may result in the adoption of a new constitution, a constitutional amendment, a law, the recall of an elected official or simply a specific government policy. It is a form of...

on independence.

External links

  • http://www.al-ahwaz.net
  • http://www.ahwaz.org.uk
  • http://www.ahwazstudies.org
  • http://www.al-ahwaz.com
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