BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 14. The volume of loans granted by Iranian banks to startups grew by 57.3 percent during the four months of the current Iranian year (from March 21 through July 22, 2025) compared to the same period last year (from March 20 through July 21, 2024).
The data obtained by Trend from the country's Central Bank shows that Iranian banks provided loans worth about 1.46 quadrillion rials (about $2.5 billion) to 1,588 startups in the reporting period against 1,588 startups granted loans worth 927 trillion rials (about $1.59 billion) during four months of last year.
State-owned financial institutions disbursed credit amounting to
211 trillion rials (approximately $362 million) over a four-month
period this fiscal year, reflecting a growth trajectory of 31.9
percent.
Non-state financial institutions disbursed credit facilities
totaling 1.25 quadrillion rials (approximately $2.14 billion)
during the specified reporting timeframe. The quantum of credit
disbursed by non-governmental financial institutions surged by 62.7
percent relative to the corresponding timeframe of the previous
fiscal year.
An impressive 3.94 quadrillion rials (roughly $6.97 billion) in
financing was allocated to 2,922 entrepreneurial ventures in Iran
throughout the previous Iranian fiscal year (spanning from March
20, 2024, to March 20, 2025). The disbursements of credit
facilities escalated by 46.2 percent relative to the preceding
fiscal period (spanning from March 21, 2023, to March 19,
2024).
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