Iran Press/ Iran News: Assistant to the Iranian foreign minister and director-general of Asia-Pacific Department of Iran Foreign Ministry wrote in his latest tweet:
"The extraordinary import of 2.2 million doses of vaccine was done due to the contribution made by Iran's Ministry of Health last Thursday; some 3 million doses will also enter Iran as part of the COVAX quota."
Reza Zabib added: "We hope that another COVAX shipment (1 million doses of AstraZeneca) will arrive a bit later."
"The delay was due to the crime of sanctions," Zabib said in a Twitter message.
The Iranian foreign minister's assistant also wrote that the crime of sanctions has definitely caused a delay in receiving the vaccine.
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