The Statistical Center of Iran (SCI) put the average inflation rate in the twelve-month period that ended on July 22, which marks the end of the fourth Iranian calendar month of the Iranian year 1401, at 40,5 percent, 1,1 percentage points more from the figure for the twelve-month period that ended on the last day of the month before.
The center put the country’s point-to-point inflation rate at 54,0 percent in the fourth month of this year, that is 1.5 percent more than in the month before. Point-to-Point means that families have paid an average of 54.0 percent more for purchasing the same package of commodities and services in that month, compared to the same month in the year before.
The highest year-on-year inflation was registered for the “food and beverage” group with 87%.