Farahnaz Pahlavi Dam
dam, Iran
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The Farahnaz Pahlavi Dam, now known as the Dez Dam, is an arch dam located across the Dez River in Iran. Completed in 1963, it stands 666 feet (203 meters) high and 696 feet (212 meters) wide at its crest. Until the late 1960s, it was the largest development project in Iran and one of the largest dams in the Middle East. The dam was designed to provide power and increase irrigation.12
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