DUBAI — Iraq has agreed to transfer $125 million of frozen
Iranian funds to a European bank for the purchase of 16 million
COVID-19 vaccine doses, Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian was quoted as saying by
state media on Saturday.
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Iran, the hardest hit Middle Eastern country by COVID-19,
has complained that US sanctions were preventing it from making payments to buy
vaccines.
Ardakanian said the payments would go towards the purchase
of vaccines from the World Health Organization (
WHO) — sponsored global COVAX
vaccine-sharing plan, state news agency IRNA reported.
There was no immediate confirmation by Iraqi officials of
the reported release of Iran’s funds for the purchase of vaccines.
While holding talks with world powers in Vienna to revive
its 2015 nuclear accord, Tehran has demanded the release of $20 billion of its
oil revenue it says has been frozen in countries such as Iraq, South Korea and
China due to US sanctions since 2018.
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