Early Tuesday, 23 Tir 1405 (July 14, 2026), the live free-market dollar (Tether-toman proxy) reached about 183,000 tomans, a fresh record; the dollar had closed Monday at 180,985. Brent neared $85 on the continuing Strait of Hormuz disruption, global gold slipped below $4,000, and the Tehran index closed Monday down 1.79% at 4,966,761. Amid the sell-off, Tehran Oil Refining (Shatran) reported a 287% jump in FY1404 net profit.
