The Role of Border Rivers in Water Crisis Management Based on Water Diplomacy

How to use and manage shared water resources has become one of the disputed issues in the relations of countries with shared rivers, which Iran is not separated from by the common rivers. This study seeks to clarify what the role water diplomacy can play in national benefits as well as in foreign policy. Library and Internet resources, document collection and archiving have been used to answer this question. This paper examines the common border rivers on the Iranian border with Iraq and Afghanistan. The results showed that the government could provide economic incentives such as the use of the Chabahar port and the ChabaharZahedan-Afghanistan transit corridor and help to Iraq and Afghanistan for proper access to the high seas this tow country led to adequate contract for shared water resources. Among the strategies to improve water diplomacy in these areas are the country's water diplomacy drive to develop border-related river laws and negotiations with the Iraqi and Afghan sides.