VOL. XLV

No 16

22 April 2002

IRAN

Irans Foreign Debt Falls To $6.5Bn In December 2001

Irans total external debt as of 21 December 2001(the end of the third quarter of the Iranian year 1380) fell to $6.502bn from$7.272bn on 22 September 2001 and $7.393bn on 21 June 2001,according to statistics published by the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) in itslatest quarterly bulletin, Economic Trends. The debt stock in the third quarterconsisted of $2.909bn in short-term debt and $3.593bn in medium and long-term...