Iran’s auto production in eight months of the current calendar year (March 21 – November 22) has grown by 18% year-on-year, according to a recent report by the Ministry of Industry, Mine, and Trade (MIMT).

According to The Iran Project According to the report released on Tuesday, the country manufactured 882,471 automobiles during the eight months to November 22.

Accordingly, Iranian automakers had produced 749,157 vehicles during the eight months of the previous Iranian year.

Private and state-run automakers of Iran manufactured a total of 747,491 passenger vehicles during the eight months to November 22, which is 15 percent more than the related figure of last year.