Challenges of our Cultural Diplomacy between Iran and Tajikistan

Cultural diplomacy, which is conducted by governments, using cultural factors and capacities to support foreign policy and dipl om at ic purposes. In fact, cultural tools are applied in international relations to bring national benefits. This study is going to explain why Iran and Tajikistan couldn’t have developed and maintained their bilateral relationship, in spite of their many cultural commonalities? In res pon se to this hypothesis, it is suggested that despite the cultural and civili za tional commonalities between the two countries, due to the different approach to the political element and the way of governing in the political and social arena, cultural and civilizational com mon al iti e s between the two countries did not contribute to increase in their rel at ions. In this study, by looking at the cultural and civilizational co m m o nalities of the two countries, we seek to identify the obstacles to the development of their foreign relations from the perspective of cultural diplomacy.