Iran Press/ Iran news: Iran's Defense Minister Brigadier-General Amir Hatami made the remarks on Tuesday at the unveiling ceremony of the 'Fakhra' vaccine and also the start of the first phase of its clinical trial by injecting the vaccine to the son of Martyr Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, who was the Head of the Iranian Defense Ministry’s Organization of Defensive Innovation and Research.
It is noteworthy to say that the Iranian Defense Ministry’s Organization of Defensive Innovation and Research has developed the vaccine.
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, the Head of the Iranian Defense Ministry’s Organization of Defensive Innovation and Research, was targeted in a multi-pronged terrorist attack by several assailants in the Absard city of Tehran Province Damavand County on November 27, 2020.
"We live in a world where the enemies of humanity use every means at war against what they claim," the defense minister added.
"Accordingly, we must be prepared to defend our nation against all threats and whatever the enemy may one day use as an offensive tool such as chemical, nuclear and biological weapons. Our nation must know that it has vigilant and intelligent support against the enemies and has taken all the necessary measures against all threats," he stressed.
"The biological field is one of those battlefields. Today the world is facing a pandemic. We are prepared for biological, chemical, and nuclear defense," Hatami stated.
Referring to the role of Martyr Fakhrizadeh in developing the vaccine, the Iranian minister said that before the outbreak of the coronavirus in the country, Fakhrizadeh had told him that it would be good to work to identify the issue and get prepared for it.
He went on to say: "Mid-February last year and before the outbreak, he told me that the world might get stuck, then it happened. Our friends' diagnosis kit was one of the first kits to be prepared, and we immediately announced our readiness to develop the vaccine."
Amir Hatami stated: "After coordination with the Ministry of Health, a completely scientific process was initiated. This process was based on purely scientific work with the infrastructure and manpower of the scientist."
The clinical trial of the fourth Iranian COVID-19 vaccine, dubbed as FAKHRAVAC (MIVAC) 19, kicked off in the presence of Defense Minister Brigadier-General Amir Hatami and Health Minister Saeed Namaki by injecting to the first volunteer.
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