153rd Gold Bullion Auction at Iran's Currency Exchange Center
Iran's Currency Exchange Center held its 153rd gold bullion auction (the 13th session of Iranian year 1405) on Tuesday, 27 Mordad 1405 (August 18, 2026). Registration ran until midnight Monday, 26 Mordad, with each applicant depositing 50 billion rials in guarantee funds per bar, and buyers capped at 25 gold bars per calendar week. The session cleared 27 kilograms of gold bullion worth about 688 billion tomans, bringing the year's cumulative total to 651 kilograms.
Recorded figures
- Volume
- 27 kg
- Value
- about 688 billion tomans
- Cumulative volume, first five months of the year
- 651 kg
As of Aug 18, 2026
Sources
EcoIran, citing مرکز مبادله ایران · EcoIran
Cited Aug 17, 2026
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