نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
نویسندگان
1 گروه تاریخ، دانشگاه بینالمللی امام خمینی قزوین، قزوین، ایران.
2 دکتری تاریخ ایران بعد از اسلام دانشگاه بین المللی امام خمینی قزوین، قزوین، ایران.
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عنوان مقاله [English]
نویسندگان [English]
Purpose: The Atrak River has usually been a critical element in shaping civil expansion and dam construction in northern Khorasan and eastern Caspian littoral. As a Soviet–Iranian border river, partially marking off the border with modern-day southern Turkmenistan, it exercised a decisive influence on Iran–Soviet relations. In Pahlavi and Soviet times, rising strategic and development interest in the Atrak River, particularly questions over water rights and dam construction, further highlighted its geopolitical importance. The objective of this research is to study the policies, objectives, and consequences of Iran's nuclear and dam-building programs in the Atrak River basin under the Pahlavi regime, with particular emphasis on their consequences for border relations, environmental change, and altered water resource utilization patterns.
Method and Research Design: Applying descriptive-analytical approach, the study uses archival documents and library literature to study the issue.
Findings and Conclusion: The results underscore the increasing significance of border rivers to national interests. Surface and groundwater cooperation across the Atrak River prompted Iran and its northern counterpart to pursue collaborative dam building and infrastructure ventures. With Iran's arrival at modernity and increasing demands for water consumption, new hydraulic infrastructures—specifically dams—presented possibilities alongside tensions. Such changes also had repercussions for regional diplomacy and domestic water management as well as for internationally flowing rivers such as the Atrak.
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