Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 26

27-June-2005

Iran

Irans External Debt Rose to $15.7Bn By March 2005

Irans external debt on 20 March 2005 (the end of the Iranian year 1383, which started on 21 March 2004) rose by $1.368bn to $15.665bn from $14.297bn on 21 December 2004, according to statistics published by the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) in its latest quarterly bulletin, Economic Trends. The latest figure represents a 29.5% increase in the debt stock over the figure of $12.1bn a year...