SHTA Seen as Secure Channel to Pay for Import of Vaccines

Head of the Iran-Switzerland Chamber of Commerce says the Swiss trade channel, known as the Swiss Humanitarian Trade Agreement (SHTA) can be used to remove hurdles to import vaccines to fight Covid-19. 
Sharif Nezam-Mafi pointed to restrictions due to Iran's inclusion in the blacklist of the international anti-money laundering watchdog, the Financial Action Task Force, saying that SHTA was in fact created to eliminate such limits. 
SHTA become operational a year ago with the aim to help import food, medicine and Swiss goods without falling foul of the tough US sanctions that many say have taken the form of an economic siege.