Iran is planning to connect the Caspian Sea to the Persian Gulf with a 600-kilometer canal

Iran will soon launch a plan to transfer water from the Caspian Sea to the central regions of the country, Energy Minister Majid Namdz says, Trend reports with reference to IRNA. According to the minister, this plan aims to provide water for the central regions of Iran's industrial and agricultural purposes. In the areas of the country remote from the Caspian Sea about 500 million cubic meters of water can be transmitted per year, Namdz says.
He adds that the plan is developed based on the idea of connecting the Caspian Sea in the north to the Persian Gulf in the south.

Iran plans to build a navigable canal Caspian-Persian Gulf. This means building a transcontinental channel about 600 kilometers long, of which nearly 350 kilometers will be held on the fairways of the rivers Kyzyluze flowing into the Caspian Sea and Kerhe flowing into the Persian Gulf.

The cost of laying a water artery between the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf Iranian experts estimated to be $6.5 to $7 million. The project connects
the North Atlantic to the Indian Ocean along the shortest route, and its creation could push back the strategic importance of the Black Sea, the Aegean straits and the Suez Canal.