The Statistical Center of Iran (SCI) announced that the inflation rate in the twelve-month period ended on March 19, which marks the end of the last Iranian calendar month of Esfand, stood at 34,8 percent. The SCI said that the inflation rate has fallen 2.2 percent in the mentioned time span from the twelve-month period ended in the last day of the eleventh Iranian month of Bahman, SCI reported.
The center also announced that the point-to-point inflation rate has dropped 3.0 percent to 22.0 percent in the last month from its previous month. Point-to-point inflation has fallen 2.9 percent to 22.2 percent in the urban areas and slid 3.3 percent to 21.1 percent in the rural regions on a monthly basis, the same report confirmed.