Departmant of International Relations, Islamic Azad University, Esfahan Branch (Khorasgan).
Abstract
Diplomacy is one of the basic concepts in political science, which has many branches today One of them is water diplomacy Considering the water shortage crisis, it plays an important role in the direction of relations between countries, especially in the field of shared water resources. Aras River is the largest border river in the country with a length of 475 kilometers and has economic, social, environmental, and security benefits. The present study, with a descriptive-analytical method, is looking for an answer to the question of how the water diplomacy of the Islamic Republic of Iran is evaluated with an emphasis on the implementation of common sovereignty in the case of the Aras River. The research findings show that due to the importance of water diplomacy for managing shared waters with neighbors, maximizing efficient water diplomacy with an emphasis on a unified view of common interests and an integrated management of the water area is essential. Making the water diplomacy of the Islamic Republic of Iran more active with Turkey, the Republic of Azerbaijan, and Armenia in many areas related to the Aras River such as the environment, especially with Armenia and also with Turkey in the field of managing the construction of dams on the Aras River can be effective.
