As a chairman of National Democratic Party of Azerbaijan, informally known as the Grey Wolves, Hamidov pled for the creation of a Greater Turkey[5] which would include northern Iran and extend itself to Siberia, India and China. He was known to have threatened Armenia with a nuclear strike[5].
Isgandar Hamidov resigned in April 1993. In 1995, he was arrested and sentenced to 14 years in prison for embezzlement of state funds [4] but was essentially treated as a political prisoner by the Amnesty International[6] and the Council of Europe[7]. He was pardoned by the decree of President Ilham Aliyev in 2004.
^ ab(French) Martin A. Lee (March 1997). "Les liaisons dangereuses de la police turque". Le Monde diplomatique: p. 9. “Ce dernier choisit comme ministre de l’intérieur M. Iskender Gamidov, un extrémiste incontrôlable affichant son appartenance aux Loups gris et plaidant ouvertement pour la création d’une Grande Turquie qui comprendrait le nord de l’Iran et s’étendrait jusqu’à la Sibérie, l’Inde et la Chine. Il fut forcé de démissionner en avril 1993 après avoir menacé l’Arménie d’une attaque nucléaire.”
