Currency:
   Rial (Ten Rials makes one 'Tomman' which is the peoples every-day monetary unit).

Exchange Rate (2/22/00): 
   1755 Rials per $ U.S. for official budget transaction & essential goods import & export, as well as external debt service

Gross Domestic Products (GDP) (1999E):
   $ 200.5 billion

Real GDP Growth Rate (2000E):
   4.2%

Inflation Rate: 
   13.4%

Current Account Balance (2000E):
   $ 0.26 billion

Major Trading Partners: 
   Germany, Italy, Japan, France, Turkey, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Spain

Merchandise Exports (1999):
   $ 14.8 billion

Merchandise Imports (1999E): 
   $ 14.0 billion

Major Export Products:
   Petroleum & related products, carpets, pistachios, caviar, fruits, nuts and hides

Major Import Products: 
   Machinery, military equipment, metal, foodstuff, pharmaceuticals, refined oil products, technical services and food stuff

Oil Export Revenues (1999E):
   $13.9billion

Oil Export Revenues (2000E):
   $21.9 billion

Oil Export Revenues / Total Export Revenues (1999E):
   around 90%

Banking System:
   All Iranian banks are national & come in three major categories namely, Commercial, Specialized & provincial.

Membership at international Organization:
   CCC, ESCAP, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, IDA, IDB, IFC, ILQ, IMF, IMQ, INTERSAT, IPU, OIC, OPEC, UN, UNSECO, UNIDO, WHO