Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLIX

No 3

16-January-2006

IRAN

Irans External Debt Rises To $17Bn In September 2005

Irans external debt on 22 September 2005 (the end of the first half of the Iranian year 1384) stood at $17,014mn a rise of $822mn from $16,192mn at the end of the first quarter of 1384 according to statistics published by the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) in its latest quarterly bulletin, Economic Trends. The figure for the debt represents a 35% increase over the corresponding figure...