Even With Sanctions?

A report released by World Bank economists showed ten economic indices have improved in Iran in the last Iranian year (ended March 20, 2007).
The report named “Economic Development and Perspective of Middle East and North Africa in 2007“ was released in June, Fars reported.
The report is the third of its type that studies economic conditions in 12 regional countries, including Iran, by focusing on their markets in 2006.
The ten indices include rise in production growth rate, improvement in per capita production, reduction of inflation and unemployment rates, improvement in working environment, rise in foreign direct investment and governmental credits as well as rise in hard currency reserves and tourist revenues.