Dez Dam

The Dez Dam is an arch dam on the Dez River in the southwestern province of Khuzestan, Iran. It is about north of Andimeshk. It was built between 1959 and 1963 by an Italian consortium and is owned by the Khuzestan Water & Power Authority. The dam is high, making it one of the highest in the country, and has a reservoir capacity of . At the time of construction the Dez Dam was Iran's biggest development project. The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power production and irrigation. It has an associated 520 MW power station and its reservoir helps irrigate up to of farmland. US$42 million of the cost to construct the dam came from the World Bank.