Iran's Khamenei bans imports of US, UK Covid-19 vaccines

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday banned the government from importing new coronavirus vaccines from the United States and Britain.

“The import of American and British vaccines is prohibited,” Khamenei said in a televised speech.

He also said he does not trust the two countries, adding: “Sometimes they want to try the vaccine on other nations.”

“If the Americans could produce a vaccine, they would not be in the state they are currently in. They would not be recording 4,000 deaths every day. Same with the UK,” he added.

Khamenei said that he does not trust France either, adding that if another country that Iran trusts produces a vaccine, the government would be allowed to import the vaccines from it.

(Source: alarabiya.net)