tajiks are Iranians/Persians.... their language is like the same with Farsi (Iranian).....
they do have some Turkic genetic influence, from the ugly ass original turks from around Mongolia.
central asia used to be full of Persians. 13th century they got genocided by Mongols and the asian turks took their place. Tajiks are the "survivors" of those central asian persians, largely due to its mountaineous terrains which allowed some populations to hide. all major cites, towns, in open plains, massacred to like 1/1000 of original population
if not for the mongols, Central Asia-maxxing today would be legit. that cute foid in that photo would be very common there. You would even find plenty of redheads and blondes there due to heavy Scythian influence pre-Turkic and pre-Mongol, but today they are extremely rare, since they got genocided in 13th century since they were mostly urban-dwellers (almost all cities and towns in Central Asia got totally destroyed, was a real holocaust)
instead, nowadays, those other stan countries like Turkenistan, Uzbekstan, Kazahnstan, all full of ugly fuckers with pancake face, slant tiny needle like eyes, flat facial features, descended from the savage Mongols and Turkic invaders.
too bad Russians didn't give what those ugly mongol/turkic cunts a revenge genocide when they conquered that region.