‘Health, Medical Treatment” Registers Highest Monthly CPI Rise 

The Consumer Price Index of “health and medical treatment”, one of 12 groups of goods and services surveyed by the Statistical Center of Iran for calculating inflation, stood at 389.5 in the fifth month of the current Iranian year (July 23-Aug. 22), registering a 3.6% increase compared to the month before.
The month-on-month CPI rise marked the highest among the 12 groups under review. 
The group’s annualized and year-on-year inflation rates were reported at 35.5% and 39.6% respectively.