PIVT stated that the Ministry of Internal Affairs’ claim is false

The Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan has denied the Interior Ministry’s claim that members of the IRPT were involved in terrorist acts in Tajikistan, calling it yet another false accusation by the authorities.

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The Deputy Chairman of the Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan, Shohnaimi Karim, told Azda TV: “The IRPT has never cooperated, does not cooperate, and will never cooperate with ISIS and other terrorist organizations. This statement by the authorities is false. We officially ceased our activities in Tajikistan in 2015, and to this day we have no active force in the country to carry out any activities.”

“If the IRPT is not carrying out activities in Tajikistan, then the claim that in 2021 IRPT members, in cooperation with ISIS, which does not even recognize us, committed terrorist acts in Tajikistan is slander,” noted the Deputy Chairman of the IRPT.

The Deputy Chairman of the Islamic Revival Party, Shohnaimi Karim, believes that Tajik law enforcement agencies, in order to trap their partners or strike at opposition figures, sometimes resort to acts of a terrorist nature, providing false information to the media and the public, thereby wanting to attribute their actions and crimes to others. These actions are considered slander from a moral standpoint and a crime from a legal standpoint.

Earlier, the head of the Organized Crime Department of the Interior Ministry, Shodi Hafizzada, stated at a press conference that “during the reporting period of 2021, 4 terrorist acts were registered. The terrorist acts took place in the Sughd and Khatlon regions and in the city of Vahdat. Mainly, the terrorist acts were planned by members of the Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan and the National Alliance of Tajikistan in cooperation with members of ISIS.”