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Gold coin, forex prices rise at Iran’s free market

Business Materials 22 February 2014 17:44 (UTC +04:00)

Baku, Azerbaijan, Feb. 22

By Rahim Zamanov - Trend:

Each Bahar-e Azadi gold coin was sold at the price of 9.36 million rials at Iran's free market on February 22.

Each Bahar-e Azadi gold coin was presented at the price of 9.32 million rials on Feb.20.

Bahar-e Azadi Coin is an Iranian limited circulation minted gold coin offered by the Central Bank of Iran (CBI).

The U.S. dollar was also sold at the price of 29,580 rials at the free market on February 22, while Euro was presented at the price of 40,580 rials.

The U.S. dollar and euro were traded at the prices of 29,520, and 40,470 rials on Feb.20.

Iran's national currency, the rial, lost about 50 percent of its foreign exchange value in less than a week in October 2012, standing at 35,500 versus the dollar. It was close to 10,000 in early 2011.

The government has set the 28,500 rials price for the free market but the ‎brokers refuse to trade dollar at the mentioned price.

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