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Abstract
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Today, one of the dimensions of national security is energy security. Due to its
huge gas resources and its superior strategic location, Iran has a high capacity to ensure its energy security through cross-border gas pipelines. Iran,
as an exporter, importer and transit country for gas through cross-border
pipelines, faces challenges. The main purpose of this research is to identify
these challenges and provide solutions to them. Findings of this study show
Iran's main challenges in the field of gas export, import and transit are security of demand, security of supply and security of supply-demand, respectively.
To address the demand security challenge of, Iran needs to attract investment
and transfer of technical knowledge, enhance readiness to supply in urgent
conditions and reduce international disputes over gas supply. Increasing of
energy efficiency, enhancing self-sufficiency in energy supply, improvement
of energy storage and concluding suspended contracts are solutions of the challenge of supply security. To manage the transit security challenge, Iran should
use cross-border pipelines for meeting both energy supply and energy demand.
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