A woman is injected in Iran’s first trial of a domestically-produced Coronavirus vaccine, December 2020
UPDATE, JAN 13:
After the Supreme Leader’s ban on Coronavirus vaccines from the US, UK, and France, President Hassan Rouhani has scrambled to reassure Iranians that the inoculations will proceed.
Rouhani said after Tuesday’s meeting with Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf and judiciary head Ebrahim Raisi:
Whether the vaccine is made domestically or the vaccine is purchased from reliable companies that are 100% trusted, the Government will definitely take the necessary measures in this regard.
The President mentioned that the Government has paid for the vaccine from COVAX, the World Health Organization’s vehicle for delivery, claiming “millions of doses of the vaccine have been purchased and provided”.