<p dir="ltr"><span>Financial Tribune- The overall CPI (using the Iranian year to March 2017 as the base year) stood at 158.1 in Bahman, indicating a 2.2% rise compared with the previous month. <br> The average CPI in the 12-month period ending Feb. 19 increased by 23.5% year-on-year. <br> SCI had put the average annual inflation rate for the preceding month of Dey, which ended on Jan. 20, at 20.6%.<br class="t-last-br"> </span></p>