Impact of Power Structure, Wealth and Technology on Water Management in Iran

Iran is a country located in the dry belt of the planet. Our ancestors achieved a specific kind of water management that was in harmony with the climate circumstances and to preserve it for future generation. The knowledge transferred from generation to generation, but new technologies in water exploitation caused a change in the balance and coexistence between man and nature. The reason behind selecting political economy is the deep and Interdisciplinary approach of political economy that could review Iran water challenge beyond any conventional economical analysis. The study aims to examine how interactions between independent variables of power, wealth, and technology are used to shape the water crisis. A descriptive methodology with institutionalization approach and power structure and decision making analysis in water resources management is used to address the challenges. Steven Lukes “Power” does not disclose the document related to decision making that means we used unofficial documents, the statements and the hearings to address the problem of water. The resistance of vested interest of status quo in the form of a hidden antipathy showed itself in the lobbying of parliamentarians and consulting and contractor companies of the Ministry of Energy who take profit from dam construction and water transfer between different basins. Ignorance and unawareness of top water resource managers caused in hasty decisions with predictable and recurring results. In the view of the fact that country’s political economy is suffering from a rentier economy, we need to focus on a principled system in a way to see restructuring in favor of people and manufacturers in the distribution system of interests.