EghtesadOnline: The government’s total revenues and spending in the last Iranian year (ended March 20, 2018) stood at 3,200 trillion rials ($76.19 billion), registering a 13% rise compared with the year before, a preliminary report by the Management and Planning Organization of Iran reads.

EghtesadOnline: The government’s overall revenues during the first nine months of the current fiscal year (March 21-Dec. 21, 2017) stood at 340.3 trillion rials ($7.24 billion), registering a rise of 27.8% compared with last year's corresponding period, while its spending hit 725.7 trillion rials ($15.44 billion) during the period to record a 35.6% growth year-on-year, the Central Bank of Iran's latest report said.

EghtesadOnline: Iran’s budget deficit came in wider than expected in the first seven months of the current fiscal year (March 21-Oct. 22) to reach 223.9 trillion rials ($5.3 billion), according to the Central Bank of Iran's latest report.

EghtesadOnline: The latest data released by the Central Bank of Iran show that as oil revenues jumped in the first quarter of the current fiscal year (March 21-June 21), higher spending and lower tax revenues have widened the budget deficit.