EghtesadOnline: Iran's gross domestic product, excluding oil production, recorded a positive growth rate of 0.9% in the third quarter of the current fiscal year (Sept. 23-Dec. 21).

EghtesadOnline: Despite the fact that electricity consumption growth shot up by 2.5% in 2018 compared to the year earlier, it fell by 2.6% in comparison with the average of the last ten years.

EghtesadOnline: Iran's housing and construction sector registered a fourth consecutive positive growth rate during the quarter to June 21, the latest figures disclosed by the Central Bank of Iran show.