Professor Chohraganli is the leader of SANAM. He was born in the city of Shabistar of the Southern Azerbaijan, 1958. He finished his secondary and higher education here. He finished the school of Teacher Education. In 1980, as a teacher, he taught at the first schools of the villages of the Southern Azerbaijan.
Working as a teacher, he was admitted to the faculty of Literature of the Tabriz University. Afterwards, he hoad been on the bachelor's and the Doctor's degrees of the Tehran University. He was at the posts of the member of the Higher Scientific Staff of the Tehran and Tabriz Universities and the teacher. He was the Professor of the Azerbaijan Republic National Sciences Academy on the Philological Sciences. Since 1990 he has started to the secret researches connected to the national-human rights at the Universities of Tabriz and Tehran.

Although he had achieved the opening of the specialty of the Literature of the Azerbaijani Turkish language in Iran, the regime closed those courses. In 1995 he participated in the parliamentary elections held in Iran.

He was the first person who supported the national rights of the Azerbaijanis in the open manner. That is why in spite of the fact that he had collected 600 thousand votes, he was refused to be let in the Parliament and he was arrested. He has been in prison or the home condition for a long time. He has passed a brain infarction during his presence in prison for 2 times under torture. He was released for the purpose of treatment by the regime in Iran.
Since 2002 Europe, America and Turkey has made official meetings in Azerbaijan. The officials of Europe made a number of high-class meetings with the parliament officials, Walter Schumer, the secretary general of the Council of Europe, the US State Department, the Congress, Senate and the White House. Now he is on tour to America. He is the leader of the SANAM founded in 1995. He is the leader of the Southern Azerbaijan National Movement .

Email: cehreqanli@yahoo.com
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