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Tajikistan: Protests in Iran are a lesson for Tajiks

Saturday, July 11th, 2009 @ 07:41 UTC

by Adil Nurmakov

Countries:: Tajikistan
Topics:: Politics
Languages:: English

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Tayikistán: Las Protestas en Irán son una lección para los Tayikos...

Botur says that Tajiks were carefully following events in Iran, a country with strong linguistic and cultural ties with Tajikistan, and reflects on how these developments may influence Tajik society.

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