Speaking to the Tasnim News Agency on the occasion of the 21st anniversary of
the signing of the Tajik Peace Accord, Muhiddin Tilloevich Kabiri said, "One of
the most important achievements of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the
international arena was the peace in Tajikistan.”
It is important especially because, unfortunately, Iran is accused unfairly of
creating tensions and crises in the Middle East and other regions, he added.
The politician, nonetheless, criticized Iran’s performance after the peace deal
and said Tehran should not have easily ignored this important international and
diplomatic achievement.
Unfortunately, the Iranian administrations after the late Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi
Rafsanjani’s did not pay much attention to this, he said, adding that President
Emomali Rahmon of Tajikstan also understood this.
"I think that very soon this case was closed by the guarantor countries
(including Iran) and now, if any effort is going to be made, it would be
belated and its result would be uncertain,” he added.
The peace treaty was signed on June 27, 1997, between Rahmon and Said Abdullo
Nuri, the leader of the United Tajik Opposition (UTO) in Moscow after a series
of peace talks brokered by the United Nations.
The deal included a political settlement that would give 30 percent of
government positions to UTO representatives.
Tajikistan has since banned the Islamic Renaissance Party that was officially
registered during the peace process. In 2015, Tajikistan’s Supreme Court
declared the party to be a "terrorist” organization and jailed several
high-ranking party officials on terrorism-related charges.
Rahmon, who has been ruling the Central Asian nation since 1992, is widely
criticized for suppressing dissent and for widespread corruption in government
agencies.
Source: Tasnim