The average CPI in the 12-month period ending Sept. 22 increased by 11.3% compared with last year’s corresponding period.
The overall CPI (using the Iranian year to March 2017 as the base year) stood at 134.6 in Shahrivar, indicating a 5.4% rise compared with the previous month.
SCI put urban and rural 12-month average inflation for Sharivar at 11.4% and 10.7% respectively. The overall CPI reached 134.4 for urban households and 135.5 for rural households, indicating an increase of 5.3% for urban areas and 5.8% for rural areas compared with the previous month, according to Financial Tribune.
The index registered a year-on-year increase of 25.7% for urban areas and 26.1% for rural areas compared with the similar month of last year.