CBI: Iran's foreign assets surpass $70bn in 9 months

The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) announced that foreign assets of the country's banks reached up to $78.1bln in the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21- November 22, 2014).
The CBI said that the country's assets abroad showed at least 19 percent of grow in the said period in comparison with the same period last year.
The figure stood at $35.6bln in December 2012.
Meanwhile, net foreign assets held by the Central Bank of Iran showed a 14% increase in the first half of the Iranian calendar year (March 21- September 21, 2014), reaching $63bln.