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Iran’s Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian (L) attends a press conference with Iraqi Electricity Minister Majid Mahdi Hantoush in Tehran on May 2, 2021. (Photo by Iran Press news agency)
Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian says Iran will use its funds blocked in neighboring Iraq to purchase vaccines from Russia against the COVID-19 disease.
Speaking on the sidelines of a meeting with visiting Iraqi Electricity Minister Majid Mahdi Hantoush in Tehran on Sunday, Ardakanian said Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has ordered that the money needed for buying COVID-19 vaccines be provided from funds held in different parts of the world.