Ayatollah Ali Khamenei labeled the Western powers as untrustworthy and raised the possibility they were seeking to spread the infection to other countries.

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S and British vaccines into the country are forbidden.

I have told this to officials.

I'm saying it publicly now.

If the Americans were able to produce a vaccine, they would not have such a coronavirus fiasco in their own country.

He added, however, that Iran, the Middle East hardest hit country, could obtain vaccines from other reliable places.

He gave no details, but China and Russia are both allies off Iran.

Iran launched human trials of its first domestic cave in 19 vaccine candidate late last month, saying it could help the country defeat the pandemic despite US sanctions that affect its ability to import vaccines.

Tensions between Washington and Tehran have risen since 2018, when the outgoing president, Donald Trump, abandoned the 2015 nuclear deal on reimpose sanctions.

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