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Iran accuses US of thwarting its efforts to purchase covid vaccine
A photo illustration of covid vaccine [Abdullah Coşkun - Anadolu Agency] December 10, 2020 at 8:52 am
Iranian officials have accused the United States of thwarting its efforts to purchase the coronavirus vaccine,
Bloomberg reported yesterday.
The agency said Tehran hoped to use the billions of US dollars held in South Korean won currency to purchase the vaccines under an agreement it had reached with Seoul a few months ago.
However, the Governor of the Central Bank of Iran, Abdul Nasser Hemmati, said on Monday that the US sanctions are preventing Tehran from making advance payment to the global COVAX facility co-managed by the Global Alliance for Vaccines (GAVI) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) to provide COVID-19 vaccines to poorer countries.
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US Sanctions North Korea Shipping Firms, Chinese Vessels For Illicit Coal Exports
US slapped sanctions on at least six North Korean shipping firms, including four vessels that it identified were engaged in UNSCR-prohibited trade.
US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on December 9 sanctioned at least six North Korean shipping firms, including four vessels that it identified facilitating illicit North Korean coal exports in violation of UNSC resolution. At least two entities were registered in the UK, and several others based out of China. The 15-member UNSC had issued nine major sanctions resolutions against North Korea for its nuclear and ballistic missile stockpile. Member states, additionally, held authority to interdict and inspect North Korean cargo within their territory, and subsequently seize and dispose of illicit shipments, according to UN Arms Control Associations.