EghtesadOnline: With completion of the first phase of the Zanjan Wastewater Treatment Plant, it now covers over 220,000 people in the northwestern city.

EghtesadOnline: Power consumption in Yazd Province with a population of around 1.2 million has risen 57 times over the last four decades, managing director of Yazd Regional Electricity Company said.

EghtesadOnline: More than 499,000 checks bounced in the ninth fiscal month ending Dec. 22, up 0.6% on the previous month. The checks were worth 338 trillion rials ($804.7 million), posting 1.6% decline on a monthly basis, the Central Bank of Iran reported.

EghtesadOnline: During the calendar month to June 22, total deposits with banks and credit institutions reached 21,765 trillion rials ($190.09 billion), up 26.6% year-on-year.

EghtesadOnline: Fitch, the global ratings agency has predicted that Iran's insurance sector will record an average of 15% growth a year in the next five years, as the partial easing of sanctions against the market in early 2016 helped it grow.