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Shahid Rajaee Dam, also known as the Soleyman Tangeh Dam, is an
arch dam An arch dam is a concrete dam that is curved upstream in plan. The arch dam is designed so that the force of the water against it, known as hydrostatic pressure, presses against the arch, causing the arch to straighten slightly and strengtheni ...
on the Tajan River, located about south of
Sari A sari (also called sharee, saree or sadi)The name of the garment in various regional languages include: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * is a drape (cloth) and a women's garment in the Indian subcontinent. It consists of an un-sti ...
in
Mazandaran Province Mazandaran Province (; ) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. Its capital is the city of Sari. Located along the southern coast of the Caspian Sea and in the adjacent Central Alborz mountain range and Hyrcanian forests, it is bordered clockw ...
, Iran. The dam was built for
hydroelectric Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is Electricity generation, electricity generated from hydropower (water power). Hydropower supplies 15% of the world's electricity, almost 4,210 TWh in 2023, which is more than all other Renewable energ ...
power production, flood control and to provide water for industrial and agricultural use. Construction on the dam began in 1987 and it was complete in 1997. In 2000 the power plant portion of the project was given to Iran Water & Power Resources Development Co. from the Mazandaran Regional Water Authority. An earthquake halted the project in 2002 but the power plant was completed in 2007. It is named after ex-prime minister and president of Iran,
Mohammad-Ali Rajai Mohammad-Ali Rajai (; 15 June 1933 – 30 August 1981) was an Iranian politician who served as the second president of Iran from 2 August 1981 until his assassination four weeks later. Before his presidency, Rajai had served as prime minister un ...
who was killed in a terrorist attack.


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List of power stations in Iran By 2012, Iran had roughly 400 power plant units. By the end of 2013, it had a total installed electricity generation capacity of 70,000 MW, which had been increased from 90 MW in 1948, and 7024 MW in 1978. There are plans to add more than 5,000 MW ...
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List of tallest dams in the world This is a list of the tallest dams in the world above in height. The tallest dam in the world is the Jinping-I dam, an arch dam in China at . The tallest embankment dam and the second tallest dam in the world is the Nurek Dam in Tajikistan, b ...
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Port of Shahid Rajaee The Port of Shahid Rajaee (), or Shahid Rajaee Port, is one of the two parts in the port of Bandar Abbas, southern Hormozgan province, Iran. It is located in the north shores of the Strait of Hormuz. Shahid Rajaee port is about west-southwest o ...
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Dams in Iran Major dam construction started in Iran in the 1950s. Some fourteen large dams were built with the help of foreign engineers and advisors during two decades preceding the Islamic Revolution in 1979. In the post-revolution era, Iran's dam buildin ...


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Hydroelectric power stations in Iran Arch dams Dams completed in 1997 Dams in Mazandaran Province Energy infrastructure completed in 2007 1997 establishments in Iran Buildings and structures in Mazandaran province Tourist attractions in Mazandaran province Tourist attractions in Sari {{Iran-powerstation-stub