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The water sector in Iran has to date paid scrimpy attention to the issue of climate and is often unaware of its effects on future water resources. Studies will be needed to determine the effects of water shortage and draw up adaptation solutions. Forecasts are not optimistic. Models for Iran water resources indicate that amount of water per capita will decrease than 1000 cubic meters in 2025 and Iran will enter s serious water crisis. In this paper weather conditions, precipitations and water resources state of six main basins of Iran are discussed. Main reasons of water issue in Iran are population growth, ineffective agriculture and poor management of water resources and the effect of each one of them are studied. Finally, effective strategies to collation and prevent the adverse socio-economic and political conditions, result of mismanagement and inefficient use of water resources are discussed. It is necessary to create a national action plan to ensure the security of access to safe water for all.