Iran, the Middle East's worst-hit country, will begin its coronavirus vaccination campaign in the coming weeks, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani announced Saturday.
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Earlier this month, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei banned the government from importing vaccines from the United States and Britain, which he said were seeking to spread the infection to other countries.
Rouhani himself, in compliance with Khamenei's ban, said at the time that his government would purchase "safe foreign vaccines."
His announcement came as daily COVID deaths fell to a seven-month low, and officials announced that there were no more high-risk "red cities" in the country.
