Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei gets vaccinated.( https://twitter.com/IrnaEnglish). Image Source: IANS News
Tehran, June 26 : Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been vaccinated against Covid-19 using a domestically developed jab.
On Friday, the Supreme Leader received the first dose of the COVIran Barakat vaccine, which was approved for emergency use by the Health Ministry on June 13, reports Xinhua news agency.
"I did not want to use non-Iranian vaccines, so I said I would wait for the Iranian vaccine," Khamenei stated.
He also expressed his gratitude toward the people who have worked to develop the vaccine, which is manufactured by the Barakat Foundation, an affiliate of Iran's Headquarters for the Execution of Imam Khomeini's Order (HEIKO).