VOL. XLV

No 46

18-November-2002

IRAN

Irans External Debt Rises Slightly

Irans total external debt on 21 June (the end of the first quarter of the Iranian year 1381) rose by $272mn to $7.486bn from $7.214bn on 20 March (the end of 1380), according to statistics published by the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) in its latest quarterly bulletin, Economic Trends. The debt stock on 21 June consisted of $2.718bn in short-term debt and $4.768bn in medium and long-term debt. The bulletin notes that the figure...