The Statistical Center of Iran put year on year rent inflation at 31.2 percent for Khordad 1405 (June 2026), against 88.6 percent general inflation, a gap of nearly 57 percentage points. Yet registered new leases in Tehran rose close to 40 percent, and the deposit (rahn) share of total rent reached about 65 percent. This report explains why the official figure and the tenant's experience are not contradictory, and which three mechanisms keep much of the real pressure outside the index.
