{"id":14445,"date":"2026-06-25T16:03:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T13:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/?p=14445"},"modified":"2026-06-25T16:03:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T13:03:27","slug":"the-water-crisis-in-iran-the-problem-of-sustainability-and-strategic-repercussions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/the-journal\/the-water-crisis-in-iran-the-problem-of-sustainability-and-strategic-repercussions\/","title":{"rendered":"The Water Crisis in Iran: The Problem of Sustainability and Strategic Repercussions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\"><strong>Dr. Saleh Shebl Abdelmoati<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">Assistant Professor, Department of Persian Language, Faculty of Languages and Translation, Al-Azhar University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abstract&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over recent decades, Iran has experienced a severe escalation in its water crisis, transforming it from an environmental concern into a structural challenge that threatens economic, social and political stability. The paper argues that the roots of the crisis extend beyond natural water scarcity and climate change, encompassing failures in water governance, weak planning mechanisms, the politicization of environmental policymaking and the neglect of scientific warnings. It seeks to analyze the institutional foundations of the crisis and assess its implications for food security, social stability and infrastructure, while also evaluating the viability and long-term sustainability of proposed alternatives, including water desalination, water transfer projects and demand-management policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Employing a public policy analysis approach, the paper concludes that the continuation of current policies is widening the implementation gap and further intensifying the crisis, making water scarcity one of the most serious strategic threats to Iran\u2019s future stability&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Saleh Shebl Abdelmoati Assistant Professor, Department of Persian Language, Faculty of Languages and Translation, Al-Azhar University Abstract&nbsp; Over recent decades, Iran has experienced a severe escalation in its water crisis, transforming it from an environmental concern into a structural challenge that threatens economic, social and political stability. The paper argues that the roots of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":14426,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-journal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14445"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14446,"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14445\/revisions\/14446"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}