Car manufacturing in Iran rose 48 percent in the first two months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-May 21), as compared to the same two months in the previous year.
According to the director general of the Iranian Industry Ministry’s Auto Industry Office, Iranian carmakers managed to manufacture over 193,000 vehicles in the mentioned month, IRNA reported.
Abdollah Tavakoli Lahijani said that during the mentioned two months the country’s automakers produced nearly 165,000 passenger cars, registering a 45 percent rise compared to the same period of the last year.
The production of various types of trucks also increased by 58 percent, year on year, the official said.—Tehran times
