Iran returned 820,000 vaccines donated by Poland; Ministry of Health: The vaccines originated in the US
Mohammad Hashemi, head of public relations for the Iranian Ministry of Health, says that 820,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine that was sent to Iran from "American origin" will be returned to Poland.
He said that these vaccines were donated to Iran by Poland, but were returned because they were not from "sources approved by the Iranian government."
The Leader of the Islamic Republic had previously banned the import of any American and British vaccines. After widespread negative feedback about this order, government officials announced that vaccines produced in the United States and Britain could be imported if they were produced in another country and did not originate from these two countries.
The Polish government has so far donated two million coronavirus vaccines to Iran, which, according to previous reports, were to be used to vaccinate Afghan refugees living in Iran.
The AstraZeneca vaccines have been returned despite reports in recent weeks of a shortage of foreign vaccines, including AstraZeneca's, in Iran and the desire of many citizens to use these vaccines.
Iranian government officials announced in mid-January this year that they would rely on domestic production for public vaccination and would not import foreign vaccines. The bulk of Iran's domestic vaccines are produced by an economic holding company affiliated with the office of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic.
Source: Radio Farda
