Financial Tribune - Iran attracted $5.02 billion in direct foreign finance in the previous fiscal (March 2017-18), the Plan and Budget Organization said in a report.

According to a report released by the PBO, this is almost half the amount originally approved by lawmakers. Part of the realized resources is related to allocations pending from previous years.

Approved direct foreign finance in the previous fiscal was $10.6 billion which increased over $7.1 billion a year before.