VOL. XLVII

No 06

9-February-2004

IRAN

BUDGETS AND REVENUES

Irans External Debt Rises

Irans total external debt on 22 September 2003 (the end of the second quarter of the Iranian year 1382, which started on 21 March) increased by $533mn to $9.691bn from $9.158bn on 21 June 2003, according to statistics published by the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) in its latest quarterly bulletin, Economic Trends. The latest figure represents a 16% increase in the debt stock over the level at the end of the second...