Examining the criterias of purchasing and transferring water from a the Murghab transboundary river between Afghanistan and Turkministan to Iran

Among the various types of inter-basin water transferring projects, the water transferring from transboundary rivers due to enter to an anarchist atmosphere among riparian states has more complexity. Considering the emerge of such projects, as one of the options on the table in reducing water resources vulnerability in Iran, has led to increase the importance of examining and mapping the considerations of the studies. In this regard, considering the Murghab transboundary river between Afghanistan and Turkministan as a case study to Iran, preliminary paper adopts a descriptive-analytical method and studies documents as well as available experiences to examine the project from a variety point of views. Therefore, legal and operational considerations for water purchasing including factors such as the negotiable water and how it can be calculated, the contract interference, the time of water purchasing, the third party, the environmental risk and the compensation of damages caused due to water purchasing, as well as those of operational considerations factors such as the construction in the riparian states, the environmental commitments of the water transferring and the types of water transferring executive contracts in the given project have been examined. To the end, after reviewing all directions as well as mapping the roadmap of the considerations of the project, three perspectives of cooperation among riparian states, including the cooperation of Iran with Afghanistan, the cooperation of Iran with Turkministan and cooperation of Iran with both according to the advantages and disadvantages of each have been explored.