EghtesadOnline: Iran exported 799 tons of tobacco during the five months to Aug. 22, registering a 955.5% rise compared with the corresponding period of last year.

EghtesadOnline: Tobacco, one of 12 groups of goods and services surveyed by the Statistical Center of Iran for calculating the inflation rate, registered a 6.4% annualized inflation rate in its Consumer Price Index in the second month of the current Iranian year (April 21-May 21) compared to the month before — the highest among the groups under review.