Drought trends projection under future climate change scenarios for Iran region

circumstances in the future which necessitates implementing specific plans to address water deficit in each area. Author Contributions Conceptualization: Maryam Bayatavrkeshi, Monzur Alam Imteaz, Ozgur Kisi, Mohammad Ghabaei, Bassim Mohammed Hashim, Baqer Al-Ramadan, Zaher Mundher Yaseen. Data curation: Maryam Bayatavrkeshi, Mohammad Farahani, Mohammad Ghabaei, Ahmed Mohammed Sami Al-Janabi. Formal analysis: Maryam Bayatavrkeshi, Ozgur Kisi, Mohammad Farahani, Mohammad Ghabaei, Ahmed Mohammed Sami Al-Janabi, Bassim Mohammed Hashim, Baqer Al-Ramadan, Zaher Mundher Yaseen. Funding acquisition: Baqer Al-Ramadan. Investigation: Maryam Bayatavrkeshi, Monzur Alam Imteaz, Ozgur Kisi, Mohammad Farahani, Ahmed Mohammed Sami Al-Janabi, Bassim Mohammed Hashim, Baqer Al-Ramadan, Zaher Mundher Yaseen. Methodology: Maryam Bayatavrkeshi, Bassim Mohammed Hashim. Project administration: Zaher Mundher Yaseen. Resources: Maryam Bayatavrkeshi. Software: Maryam Bayatavrkeshi. Supervision: Monzur Alam Imteaz, Ozgur Kisi, Baqer Al-Ramadan, Zaher Mundher Yaseen. Validation: Maryam Bayatavrkeshi, Monzur Alam Imteaz, Ozgur Kisi, Mohammad Farahani, Baqer Al-Ramadan, Zaher Mundher Yaseen. Visualization: Maryam Bayatavrkeshi, Monzur Alam Imteaz, Ozgur Kisi, Mohammad Farahani, Bassim Mohammed Hashim, Baqer Al-Ramadan, Zaher Mundher Yaseen. Writing – original draft: Maryam Bayatavrkeshi, Monzur Alam Imteaz, Ozgur Kisi, Mohammad Farahani, Mohammad Ghabaei, Ahmed Mohammed Sami Al-Janabi, Bassim Mohammed Hashim, Baqer Al-Ramadan, Zaher Mundher Yaseen.

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