3:44 AM MYT CAIRO, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- Iran said on Thursday that it has allocated funds to buy COVID-19 vaccines from abroad as the obstacles created by U.S. sanctions have been removed. Meanwhile, Kuwait kicked off its national vaccination campaign. Iranian Central Bank Governor Abdolnasser Hemmati said that Iran has allocated 200 million euros (243.73 million U.S. dollars) for importing the vaccines. "There are no more obstacles in the way of purchasing coronavirus vaccine," Hemmati was quoted by Tasnim news agency as saying, referring to the U.S. sanctions that hamper Iran's importing goods from abroad. Iran reported 6,178 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, raising the total nationwide infections to 1,183,182.