Gold holds near $4,044 an ounce as Tehran's 18 carat gram is quoted at 18,507,400 tomans

Tehran's gold and coin market opened Saturday 1 August 2026 below the last working day of the previous week. According to the Eghtesad Online currency and gold desk table published at 08:00 Tehran time today, a gram of 18 carat gold was quoted at 18,507,400 tomans, a gram of 24 carat gold at 24,674,000 tomans, and a mesghal of gold at 80,170,000 tomans.

Spot gold traded at about $4,044 an ounce at the same hour, consistent with the $4,045.17 recorded on Sahmino's own price feed early today and the $4,043.51 shown on the Alanchand board at 08:30 today.

In the coin market, the Emami coin was priced between 186,200,000 and 188,000,000 tomans depending on the board, and the Bahar Azadi coin between 182,900,000 and 183,500,000 tomans. The half coin changed hands in the 95 to 96 million toman range and the quarter coin between 52,800,000 and 54,000,000 tomans. Eghtesad Online put the Emami coin premium at 4,990,000 tomans. Against the last price recorded at the close of Thursday 30 July, the 18 carat gram is about 0.8 percent lower.