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Iran may import 1bn cubic meters of potable water from Tajikistan
TEHRAN, May 27 (MNA) - Iran is in talks with Tajikistan to import as much as one billion cubic meters of potable water, Iranian Energy Minister Majid Namjou said on Sunday.
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The Iranian energy minister also stated that Iran, Tajikistan, and Afghanistan have agreed to create a joint water and electricity corridor.

To connect the national electricity grids of the three countries, a 500KV transmission line should be established, he said, adding that the exact amount of investment needed and related technical considerations are being studied.
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Iran, Tajikistan, and Afghanistan signed a memorandum of understanding authorizing the construction of a highway from Iran to Afghanistan and Tajikistan and from there to China.
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Iranian contractor to build world’s tallest arch dam, Chinese bid rejected
TEHRAN, May 28 (MNA) -- Iranian Energy Minister Majid Namjou has announced that Tehran has rejected a Chinese contractor’s bid to construct the world’s tallest arch dam in Iran and has accepted the bid of a domestic contractor.

Iran is planning to build the Bakhtiari Dam on the Bakhtiari River in a valley in the Zagros Mountains on the border between Lorestan and Khuzestan provinces in southwestern Iran.
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Upon completion, the315-meter-high Bakhtiari Dam will have a reservoir capacity of 4.8 billion cubic meters and will include a 1500 MW hydropower plant, reports say.
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