TEHRAN – According to the latest data released by Statistical Center of Iran, the country’s economic growth was 7.2 percent for the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-December 20, 2016).

The figure however was lower for some sectors like agriculture standing at 5.7 percent and services hovering around 5.4 percent, Tasnim news agency reported on Saturday.

Earlier this week, an official at the government’s secretariat of economic council had reported the nine-month economic growth without oil to be five percent.

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