Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 10

7-March-2005

IRAN

Irans External Debt Rose to $14.3Bn By December 2004

Irans external debt on 21 December 2004 (the end of the third quarter of 1383, which started on 21 March 2004) rose by $1.702bn to $14.297bn from $12.595bn on 22 September 2004, according to statistics published by the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) in its latest quarterly bulletin, Economic Trends. The latest figure represents a 35% increase in the debt stock over the figure of...