Climate Change Impact on Drought and Water Crisis in Iran

Iran is one of the pioneers in managing water field in Middle East and the part of the world where water is rare is nowadays facing a challenging water crisis, because it has water problems like drying rivers and lakes, lack in water resources, and even reduction in available water quality. Officials claim that the main reason of this crisis is mainly droughts, climatic changes, or even political reasons like international sanctions. The challenging Iran's water issue in is revealed because of long years of short-vision and unwise planning of water resources. This paper will concentrate on the current water status if the country, and determine four main sources of the current crisis that will be: (1) the population increment and residents spatial distribution, (2) inefficiency of agriculture, (3) lack of management and need of developing new methods, (4) climatic changes. Water problems in Iran are numerous and need to be worried about because this country is facing a fact of having a challenging water crisis. Immediate need for solution to identify and mitigate these problems threatening the country, this research will suggest various methods helping overcoming this crisis by guarantying a sustainable water resources, and to insure Iran not to lose its reputation in water resources management among countries in this part of the globe.