Iraq has agreed to transfer $125 million of frozen Iranian funds to a European bank for the purchase of 16 million COVID-19 vaccine doses, Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian was quoted as saying by state media on Saturday.
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Iran, the hardest-hit Middle Eastern country by COVID-19, has complained that US sanctions were preventing it from making payments to buy vaccines.
Ardakanian said the payments would go towards the purchase of vaccines from the World Health Organization-sponsored global COVAX vaccine-sharing plan, state news agency IRNA reported.
There was no immediate confirmation by Iraqi officials of the reported release of Iran's funds for the purchase of vaccines.
