Hemmati: Vaccine Import Not Easy

The Governor of the Central Bank of Iran says importing the Covid-19 vaccine is more complicated than procuring other medical needs. 
Abdolnasser Hemmati said the problem is largely about the method of payment, which is easier for buying pharmaceuticals. 
"Paying for the coronavirus vaccine has its own difficulties. [Unlike other medicine], there are not many vaccine producers," he was quoted as saying by the semi-official Tasnim News Agency.   
"If we insist on buying from a reliable company payment has to  be via specific channels that the US sanctions do not allow and need permit from the Americans," the senior banker said, noting that such restrictions do not always apply to importing normal pharmaceuticals.