Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) EbrahimSheibani on Sunday said Iran had registered a record economic growth of over 7.4 percent over the past Iranian calendar year of 1381 (ended March 20), stressing that this was five times more than the economic growth of the Persian Gulf states, IRNA reported from Tehran.
Sheibani, talking to IRNA, recalled the government's success to keep the inflation rate at 15.8 percent, to decrease foreign debts and to boost foreign currency reserves to over five billion dollars had made 1381 "an exceptional year" for the Iranian economy.
Sheibani stressed that Iran's revenues are currently the highest over the years before and after the 1979 Islamic Revolution.