{"id":20685,"date":"2021-01-16T08:47:47","date_gmt":"2021-01-16T07:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=20685"},"modified":"2021-09-24T20:10:12","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T18:10:12","slug":"khamenei-bans-coronavirus-vaccines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2021\/01\/khamenei-bans-coronavirus-vaccines\/20685\/","title":{"rendered":"Khamenei Bans Coronavirus Vaccines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei<\/a> said last week that the country\u2019s medical facilities were not allowed to import coronavirus vaccines <\/a>made in the US or the UK, which led to the cancellation of an Iranian Red Crescent plan to distribute 150,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine, paid for by American philanthropists. It comes after weeks of officials claiming that sanctions prevented them getting the vaccine, when the global coronavirus vaccine distributor, COVAX, said there were no barriers at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n