EghtesadOnline: Iran’s budget deficit in the first half of the current year (March 21-Sept. 22) hit 632.8 trillion rials ($5.59 billion), Mohammad Hosseini, a member of Majlis Plan and Budget Commission said.

EghtesadOnline: Iran's industrial and mining sector experienced 18% growth in the first six months of the current Iranian year (started March 21) compared with the preceding year's corresponding period, says Industries, Mining and Trade Minister Reza Rahmani.

EghtesadOnline: The gross domestic product, excluding oil, has been positive during the first six months of [the Iranian year] 1398 [March 21-Sept. 22], the governor of the Central Bank of Iran said in his Instagram post.

EghtesadOnline: Iran exported 15.8 million tons of mineral products worth $3.89 billion during the first half of the current Iranian year (March 21-Sept. 22) to register a 27.3% and 11.7% growth in tonnage and value respectively compared with last year’s corresponding period, Elaheh Mokri, an official with the Trade Promotion Organization of Iran, said.

EghtesadOnline: Iran exported a total of 56,000 tons of copper during the first six months of the current Iranian year (March 21-Sept. 22), according to the managing director of the National Iranian Copper Industries Company.