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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Business
Maziar Motamedi

Iran bets big on gold as it weathers Trump turmoil

A shopkeeper arranges a display in his jewellery store in the Grand Bazaar in Tehran on March 3, 2025 [Atta Kenare/AFP]

Tehran, Iran – Iran has been importing tonnes of gold in the past few months as it hunkers down for more hardships under the United States’s “maximum pressure” policy.

Iran has turned more to gold as a safe haven investment for more than a decade as it weathered never-ending economic storms exacerbated by sanctions over its nuclear programme and regional influence.

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