Mohammadreza Farzin, who made the announcement on Thursday, put the country’s economic growth during the period at 4.5 percent and added the oil industry’s growth was achieved by several good projects the sector has implemented.

Given the appropriate investments made in the oil industry, the increase in its production and economy will continue, the chief banker predicted.

He also said the services sector’s growth over the period was around four percent and the agricultural sector witnessed a 0.7 percent growth, showing a decrease from a year earlier.

The industrial sector’s growth in the nine months stood at 3.9 percent – less than the figure during the corresponding period in its preceding year.