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Tehran's Gold and Silver Funds Jumped Up to 6.1% Today While Global Bullion Barely Moved (Saturday, August 22, 2026)
On Saturday, August 22, 2026, at least 10 Tehran Stock Exchange gold and silver funds rose between 4.4% and 6.1%, several hitting their highest closes since May or June, while global gold held near $4,607 an ounce and silver near $69 an ounce, both essentially flat. Tehran's Emami gold coin rose 4.76% and 18-karat gold 5.7%, both far outpacing the 1.74% rise in the free-market dollar.
Global Gold Jumps Nearly 4% to a Two-and-a-Half-Month High; Tehran's Coin and Free-Market Dollar Rise Together (Wednesday, August 19, 2026)
On Wednesday, August 19, 2026 (28 Mordad 1405), global spot gold jumped nearly 4% to $4,511.04 an ounce, its highest since early June, according to Trading Economics and tgju.org. The main driver was a US Treasury move to boost long-bond buybacks; regional tension, including the UAE's suspension of ties with Iran, added to the rally, per Ecoiran. Tehran's Emami coin rose to about 198 million tomans and the free-market dollar to 188,600 tomans the same day.
Global Gold Pulls Away From Seven Month Low; Ounce Tops $4,180 (Friday, July 3, 2026)
Global gold rose about 1.3 to 1.5 percent to $4,176 to $4,183 an ounce on Friday, July 3, 2026, pulling further from last week's seven to eight month low, after a weak June US jobs report. Iran's domestic 18 karat gold reached roughly 17.5 million tomans a gram.
