Analysis of Iranian water diplomacy in the Tigris-Euphrates-Mesopotamia catchment

Subject Areas : Water Resources

Mohammad Sadegh Sadeghian ¹ , Milad Baripour ² , mojtaba ansarian ³ , hooman hajikandi ⁴

1 - Department of Civil Engineering, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University Tehran, Iran.
2 - Department of Civil Engineering, Department of Engineering and Water Resources Management, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Land Resources, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran
3 - Department of Law, Faculty of Law, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran
4 - Department of Civil Engineering, Department of Engineering and Water Resources Management, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Land Resources, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2021-11-15 Accepted : 2021-12-02 Published : 2021-11-22

Keywords: Iran, Water diplomacy, Tigris, Euphrates, Arvand River,

Abstract :

From the point of view of political geography, water is not separate from politics. There are 281 shared catchments between 151 countries and more than 42% of the world's population lives in these areas. Due to the heterogeneous distribution of freshwater on Earth, the management of water resources, especially in shared catchments, is critical to achieving maximum utilization of this limited element. Tigris, Euphrates and Arvand River catchments are one of the most important catchments in Iran and West Asia, which has always faced various challenges in the field of joint exploitation. In this research, an attempt has been made to study the various aspects of the joint watershed between Mesopotamia and Arvandrud, to analyze water diplomacy in this basin, and it should be noted that according to various contracts and agreements in the field of exploitation of these waters, There are many problems and disagreements regarding the common use of these waters.