Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct. 31
By Fatih Karimov - Trend: Iran faced 190 trillion rials (about $5.5 billion) budget deficit in spring this year.
During the 3-month period, 41 percent of targeted governmental revenues were not materialized, the Central Bank of Iran's publication Ravand reported October 31.
Governmental revenues amounted to 192.8 trillion rials (about $5.5 billion), a 20.6 percent rise year on year.
Tax income hit 142.2 trillion rials (about $4.05 billion), which had a share of 73.7 percent in governmental revenues.
Meanwhile, the share of oil income in general budget was 26.1 percent, showing 13.8 percent fall compared to the same period last year.
In March, the Iranian parliament approved the $296 billion national budget bill for the current Iranian fiscal year, which started on March 21.