The Fed Raised Rates 0.25 Points for the First Time Since 2023 and Gold Closed 85.65 Dollars Higher the Next Day; Tehran's 18 Karat Gram Fell 138,300 Tomans in the Same Window (Friday, 18 September 2026)

The US Federal Reserve raised its policy rate by 0.25 percentage points on Wednesday, 16 September 2026, its first increase since 2023. In Sahmino's own recorded series, spot gold, which closed that day at $4,257.83, closed Thursday 17 September at $4,343.48: $85.65 and 2.01 percent higher. Over the same window Tehran's 18 karat gram went from 23,501,300 to 23,363,000 tomans, because the free-market dollar fell 1.13 percent.