TEHRAN, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- Revenue from the sale of oil and natural gas from Iran declined 45 percent in the first nine months of the Iranian year, a budget official said.
Gholamreza Kateb, a spokesman for the parliamentary planning and budget committee, was quoted by the state-run Iranian Students' News Agency as saying revenue from oil and natural gas condensates dropped 45 percent since to start of the Iranian year in March.