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Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei bans imports of US and British coronavirus vaccines
Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has banned the Government from importing coronavirus vaccines from the United States and Britain.
Key points:
- Iran has been the worst-hit country in the Middle East for coronavirus
- Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Iran could still obtain vaccines “from other reliable places”
- He also said Tehran was in no rush for the US to re-join the 2015 nuclear deal
“Imports of US and British vaccines into the country are banned. I have told this to officials and I’m saying it publicly now,” the Ayatollah said in a live televised speech.
“If the Americans were able to produce a vaccine, they would not have such a coronavirus fiasco in their own country.”
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