Monthly Provincial Prices Climb by 8.9-18 Percent 

The Statistical Center of Iran’s latest report reviewing inflation rates in the country’s 31 provinces shows the growth in Consumer Price Index in the current Iranian year’s third month (May 22-June 21) was the highest (18%) in Sistan-Baluchestan, while Khuzestan posted the lowest (8.9%) compared with the previous month.
At the country level, the overall CPI, using the Iranian year to March 2017 as the base year, stood at 482.1 in the month to June 21, indicating a 12.2% rise compared with the previous month — the highest monthly inflation on record in SCI’s database. 
Lorestan Province’s goods and services consumer inflation registered a rise of 61.1% during the month ending June 21 compared with the similar month of the year before, the highest among all provinces. The year-on-year CPI growth was the lowest for Khuzestan Province with 45.7%, compared with that of other Iranian provinces.