The Iran–Turkmenistan Friendship Dam, or Doosti Reservoir Dam (, ), is a

dam A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface water or underground streams. Reservoirs created by dams not only suppress floods but also provide water for activities such as irrigation, human consumption, industrial use, aqua ...

on the Hari river (Hariroud), which forms part of the international boundary between

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

and

Turkmenistan Turkmenistan is a landlocked country in Central Asia bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the south and southwest and the Caspian Sea to the west. Ash ...

(the Iran-Turkmenistan border). The dam was completed in 2004, and both countries agreed that each would have an equal right to the waters of the river, which amount to 820 million cubic metres."Iran–Turkmenistan Friendship Dam to be operational"
, payvand.com, 2004-11-04. It was officially opened on 12 April 2005.Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Regional Office for the Near East
"Iran–Turkmenistan friendship dam to open"
2005-04-09. The dam provides drinking water and irrigation for the surrounding areas, along with

hydroelectric power 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 ...

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