%0 Journal Article %T THE ORIGION OF THE TAJIKISTAN CIVIL WAR AND THE ROLE OF THE I.R.IRAN IN ENDING THE FIGHTING %J POLITICAL QUARTERLY %I %Z 1735-9678 %D 2008 %\ 12/21/2008 %V 38 %N 4 %P - %! THE ORIGION OF THE TAJIKISTAN CIVIL WAR AND THE ROLE OF THE I.R.IRAN IN ENDING THE FIGHTING %K Civil War %K Ethnicity The Central asia %K Iran %K Islamist %K Russia %K Tajikistan %K the Central Asia %R %X This paper intends to explore the causes of the civil war in Tajikistan which erupted after its independence in 1992. The civil war went on for nearly four years inflicting thousands of injuries, loss of lives and damages to the country. The paper shows the more social and ethnical roots of the civil war and finally demonstrates the positive role whish the Islamic Republic of Iran played n imposing a cease fire and subsequent peace and stability in that country. %U https://jpq.ut.ac.ir/article_27702_da8fb92ce915cb7e410bc7f6e9965820.pdf