TEHRAN — Iran’s petrodollars touched over $36.5 billion during the first eight months of the current Iranian year (started March 21, 2006), said reports released by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance.

Exports of crude oil, oil products, and gas condensates have generated the country’s oil revenues during the said period, the report added.

Also according to the Central Bank of Iran (CBI), incomes worth around $31 billion have been generated by crude oil exports during the same period.

The figure is a 237.8-percent fulfillment of what has been approved in the current fiscal national budget.

Furthermore, the figure shows a 15.1-percent jump compared with the corresponding period last year.