Azeri Official Signs Power Plant Construction Deal

Iran and Azerbaijan finalized an agreement to build a hydroelectric power plant on the joint Khoda-Afarin dam on the Aras River straddling the joint border.
The deal was signed in Tehran on Wednesday by First Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Shahin Mustafayev and Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian, ISNA reported. A preliminary agreement to build the power station in Azerbaijan was reached in 2019.
“Construction of the 280-megawatt power station will start soon,” Mustafayev said, but did not provide details.
Khoda-Afarin is an earth-fill embankment dam, with the capacity to hold 1.6 billion cubic meters of water on the Aras River. It is located 8km west of Khomarlu, (capital of Khoda-Afarin County) in Iran's East Azarbaijan Province and 14km southwest of Soltanli in Jabrayil District in the neighboring republic.