CBI had put the inflation rate for the preceding month of Tir, which ended on July 22, at 10.3%.
The overall CPI (using for the first time the Iranian year to March 2017 as the base year) stood at 107.7 in Mordad, indicating a 0.2% increase compared with the previous month.
The index registered a year-on-year increase of 8.6% compared with the similar month of last year. The CBI report came after the Statistical Center of Iran put Mordad inflation at 7.7%, according to Financial Tribune.
The new CPI report is calculated for the first time based on the fiscal 2016-17 base prices. Previously, the base year was the fiscal 2011-12.
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