The dollar exchange rate in Tehran’s open market in the first hours of trading today passed 240,000 tomans and reached its highest figure in history.

Based on data from gold and currency information websites, the dollar was traded at 240,500 tomans, the British pound at 318,500 tomans, and the euro at 274,000 tomans.

In the coin market, the full Imam coin was priced at 242 million tomans, the half coin at 123 million tomans, and the quarter coin at 65.5 million tomans.

Last year, on 6 Mehr, the dollar was 111,000 tomans. The value of the U.S. currency has more than doubled over the past year.

The dollar rate was about 233,000 tomans last Tuesday, meaning it rose by more than 7,000 tomans in less than a week.