london/beirut iran sign deal damascus tuesday repair syria power grid state media say potentially lucrative move tehran point deepen economic role years fight syrian conflict shun western power syrian government look friendly state iran russia china play major role rebuild country war head toward seventh year since least 2012 iran provide critical military support syrian president bashar al-assad government help regain control swathe country iran experts say tehran look reap financial dividend january iran government entities close iran elite revolutionary guard irgc sign major telecommunications mine deal damascus nl5n1f84nx tuesday iran syria sign memorandum understand visit syria electricity minister tehran include build power plant coastal province latakia capacity 540 megawatts syrian state news agency sana say agreement involve restore main control center syria electricity grid capital damascus say new electricity deal could worth millions euros iranian state media say tuesday agreement also include rehabilitate 90-megawatt power station deir al-zor province syrian army ally force make swift advance islamic state recent days russian air power iran-backed militias government drive rebel syria main urban center western syria march eastwards islamic state syrian government ... work relentlessly restore power system sana cite syrian electricity minister mohammad zuhair kharboutli say iranian company role rebuild syria two contract also sign include iran supply power aleppo city syrian military ally fully regain last year major blow rebel sana say stand syrian people rebuild country ... bring light house syrian people sattar mahmoudi iran caretaker energy minister quote say ministry website deal worth hundreds millions euros finalise tehran also keen expand cooperation construct water sewerage facilities syria say 1,000 soldier deploy revolutionary guard syria die front line multi-sided conflict recent years iran revolutionary guard save assad regime collapse heavy price damascus syria emanuele ottolenghi senior fellow foundation defense democracies tell reuters expect first wave tender irgc company best reconstruction project iran add iranian firm already involve series electricity generation project syria iran aim export electricity create big power network islamic world hook iran national grid iraq lebanon iran say august export 58 million worth goods syria first four months year mark 100 percent increase compare period year ago iran strike deal syria repair power grid