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Ayatollah Khamenei Receives First Dose of Iranian Coronavirus Vaccine

15:07 - June 25, 2021
News ID: 3475046
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Leader of the Islamic Revolution received the first dose of the Iranian COVID-19 vaccine.

 

Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei received the vaccine on Friday. 

Previously, Imam Khamenei had set 2 conditions for him being vaccinated: first, that he would not receive the vaccination out of turn; second, that he would only receive an Iranian vaccine.

For this reason, when the first phase of the vaccination of Iranians aged 80 and above started, he did not receive the foreign vaccine and waited for the Iranian one, , according to Khamenei.ir.

The Islamic Republic of Iran is the sixth country in the world and the first country in West Asia to gain the ability to produce the Coronavirus vaccine.

 

Ayatollah Khamenei Receives First Dose of Iranian Coronavirus Vaccine

 

Presently, there are several companies and centers researching and developing domestic vaccines. Due to the fact that two of the domestic vaccines have successfully passed the clinical, safety and efficacy trials, voluntarily receiving injections of them has started.

 

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