Dollar Nears 209,000 Tomans in Tehran's Free Market Monday Afternoon, Approaching 210,000 Threshold

The US dollar's rate in Tehran's free market extended its recent uptrend on Monday, 9 Shahrivar 1405 (August 31, 2026), reaching about 209,000 tomans by mid afternoon and approaching the psychological 210,000 toman threshold, according to Ecoiran. The same report said tether also crossed 208,000 tomans. Earlier the same day, at 11:13am, Donya e Eqtesad had put the dollar rate at 207,140 tomans, meaning the currency extended its gains further into the afternoon session.

Live data from tgju.org over the same hours showed the dollar trading at 209,300 tomans, up 3,290 tomans from the previous day and about 4.4 percent higher than the same day last week (Tuesday, 3 Shahrivar, at 200,500 tomans). Per Sahmino's own price data at 3:59pm, the dollar was up 1.7 percent at 209,510 tomans. Ecoiran noted the dollar had first crossed the 200,000 toman mark on the first day of Shahrivar (August 23), and its distance from that earlier milestone has now widened further.