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Iran halts power generation at key dam over drought
Gulf Today
|November 30, 2025
Iranian authorities on Saturday stopped electricity production at one of the country's biggest dams due to a marked decrease in the reservoir's water levels, state media reported.
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"Due to the drop in the Karkheh Dam reservoir level, its power plant's units were removed from the production circuit," Amir Mahmoudi, the head of the dam and its power plant said, according to state news agency IRNA.
He added that the water was subsequently released from the lower valves of the dam to meet the needs of people living downstream.
He said that the reservoir behind the dam is currently holding about one billion cubic metres of water, adding that "the current water level is 180 metres, which is 40 metres lower than the natural operating level" for electricity production.
The Karkheh Dam is one of the biggest earthen dams in the world and the largest in Iran and the Middle East, according to IRNA.
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