The supply of foreign currency for import needs improved substantially in the past five months, head of the Central Bank of Iran public relations office said.

In a note on his social media account on Thursday, Mostafa Qamari-Vafa said currency made available by the CBI was in the region of $49 billion in the past five months.

“This is while, the total forex supply stood at $37 billion in the whole of last fiscal year,” Qamari-Vafa said on Twitter.