Iran to construct world’s tallest dam: Cmdr.

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A commander of Iran's Khatam al-
Anbiya Air Defense Base says the base
will construct the world’s tallest
concrete dam, adding that
preparatory work for the project has
begun.

“Following the successful implementation
of the big projects of Karkheh and
Gotvand dams, the base expressed its
readiness to construct the highest
double-curved concrete arch dam with a
height of 315 meters (1,033 ft.),”
Abolqasem Mozaffari told reporters on
Wednesday.
He added that the dam would be
constructed on Bakhtiari River in the
Zagros Mountains in Iran’s western
Lorestan Province.
Currently, we have begun preparatory
work including the construction of
external access roads, Mozaffari said.

In 2011, Iran canceled a USD 2-billion
contract with China's Sinohydro
Corporation, which was supposed to help
build the dam in the country.
The dam will hold the largest water
reservoir in the country, with a capacity of
about 4.8 billion cubic meters. It is
planned to support a 1,500-megawatt
hydroelectric power station.

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