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In this photo released by the official website of the Iranian Defense Ministry on March 16, 2021, Defense Minister Gen. Amir Hatami shows a vial of the homegrown Fakhra coronavirus vaccine at a staged event in Tehran, Iran. The vaccine is named after chief Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, shown in a banner at rear, who was killed in a November 2021 attack that Iran blamed on Israel. (Iranian Defense Ministry via AP)
TEHRAN, Iran Iran’s campaign to inoculate its population against the coronavirus and promote itself as an emerging vaccine manufacturer inched on as health authorities announced Tuesday that the country’s third homegrown vaccine has reached the phase of clinical trials.