Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 1

3-January-2005

IRAN

Irans External Debt Rose to $12.6Bn By September 2004

Irans external debt on 22 September 2004 (the end of the second quarter of 1383, which started on 21 March 2003) rose by $374mn to $12.595bn from $12.221bn on 21 June 2004, according to statistics published by the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) in its latest quarterly bulletin, Economic Trends. The latest figure represents a 30% increase in the debt stock over the figure of...