Ayatollah scorns U.S., British vaccine
Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said he has “forbidden” the import of U.S. and British-made coronavirus vaccines, a surprise move that contradicts his own government’s recent efforts to ensure Iran’s access to safe and effective immunizations.
“They are completely untrustworthy,” he said, singling out the vaccine developed in a joint venture between U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and Germany’s BioNTech. “If they were able to create a vaccine … why do they want to give it to us? Why don’t they use it themselves?”