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‘Untrustworthy’: Ayatollah Khamenei bans import of US, UK COVID vaccines to Iran

Monitor News Desk by Monitor News Desk
Jan. 08, 2021 Updated 5:58 pm. IST
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Iran’s Supreme Leader on Friday banned the government from importing COVID-19 vaccines from the United States and Britain, labelling the Western powers “untrustworthy”.

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In a live televised speech, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei raised the prospect of the two Western countries, long-time adversaries of the Islamic Republic, possibly seeking to spread the infection to other countries, reported news agency Reuters.

“Importing vaccines made in the US or the UK is prohibited. They’re completely untrustworthy. It’s not unlikely they would want to contaminate other nations. Given our experience with France’s HIV-tainted blood supplies, French vaccines aren’t trustworthy either. #CoronaVaccine,” he tweeted.

https://twitter.com/khamenei_ir/status/1347489585983610880

According to the Reuters report, Khamenei added that Iran could obtain vaccines “from other reliable places”.

“Imports of U.S. and British vaccines into the country are forbidden … They’re completely untrustworthy. It’s not unlikely they would want to contaminate other nations,” said Khamenei, the country’s highest authority.

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“Given our experience with France’s HIV-tainted blood supplies, French vaccines aren’t trustworthy either,” Khamenei said, referring to the country’s contaminated blood scandal of the 1980s and 1990s.


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