{"id":4650,"date":"2018-03-29T13:20:21","date_gmt":"2018-03-29T10:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/?p=4650"},"modified":"2018-03-29T13:20:21","modified_gmt":"2018-03-29T10:20:21","slug":"iran-tajikistan-relations-internal-and-external-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/the-journal\/iran-tajikistan-relations-internal-and-external-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran-Tajikistan Relations: Internal and External Challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Mohammad Shakir (Ph.D.)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">International and Central Asian Affairs Researcher<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s policies towards Central Asia have been shaped by its interest in the regions vast market, its joint cultural identity, and the involvement of competitors with similar strategic interests. Even though, known as Iran\u2019s \u201cstrategic depth\u201d, relations with the region withered post-1979 revolution. This was because of Iran\u2019s plan on exporting its revolution and conservative culture, leading to resistance in the region. Also, Iran proved incompetent in undermining global powers in the region, which were countering the Iranian role.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/Iran-Tajikistan-Relations.pdf\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mohammad Shakir (Ph.D.) International and Central Asian Affairs Researcher Iran\u2019s policies towards Central Asia have been shaped by its interest in the regions vast market, its joint cultural identity, and the involvement of competitors with similar strategic interests. Even though, known as Iran\u2019s \u201cstrategic depth\u201d, relations with the region withered post-1979 revolution. This was because [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":4652,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[770,2284,2481,12,2432,430,1671,386,361,73,13,172,28,1031,624,39],"class_list":["post-4650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-journal","tag-770","tag-2284","tag-central-asia","tag-iran","tag-issue-5","tag-jcpoa","tag-journal-for-iranian-studies","tag-khamenei","tag-media","tag-press","tag-saudi-arabia","tag-tajikistan","tag-tehran","tag-trump","tag-u-s","tag-zarif"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v14.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/the-journal\/iran-tajikistan-relations-internal-and-external-challenges\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Iran-Tajikistan Relations: Internal and External Challenges - International Institute for Iranian Studies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mohammad Shakir (Ph.D.) International and Central Asian Affairs Researcher Iran\u2019s policies towards Central Asia have been shaped by its interest in the regions vast market, its joint cultural identity, and the involvement of competitors with similar strategic interests. 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