CBI had put the inflation rate for the preceding month of Mehr, which ended on Oct. 22, at 9.8%. The overall CPI (using the Iranian year to March 2017 as the base year) stood at 109.8 in Aban, indicating a 1.3% increase compared with the previous month. The index registered a year-on-year increase of 9.6% compared with the similar month of last year. The CBI report came after the Statistical Center of Iran put Aban inflation at 8.4%.