Canals in Iran

thumbnail|Two suggested routes for Iranrud Iranrud () was a plan to build a canal from the Caspian Sea to the Persian Gulf. This concept has existed among some Iranian elites since at least the time of Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar but was first presented as a coherent technical plan by Hooman Farzad in 1966. Experts have since put forth various routes for the construction of this canal. Other proposed variations include a closed canal from the Caspian Sea to the Dasht-e Lut desert (Lut Canal) or connecting the Caspian Sea to Lake Urmia. The defunct Soviet government also showed interest in this pr

Aspect of Iranian history