Vaccine Production

Iran only country in EastMed with 6 types of vaccines

TEHRAN, Mar. 11 (MNA) – Iran’s Minister of Health said that today, Iran is one of the most successful countries in controlling the corona virus, so that it is the only country in the Eastern Mediterranean that produces 6 types of vaccines.
2023-03-11 20:00
Iranian health official:

Iran, Singapore need to expand health cooperation

TEHRAN, Mar. 07 (MNA) – The director general of the international cooperation department of Iran's health ministry stressed the importance of expanding relations with Asian countries including Singapore in the health sector.
2023-03-07 19:45
Iran launches domestic mRNA-based COVID vaccine human trial

TEHRAN, Feb. 25 (MNA) – Iran has launched the human trial of its first homegrown coronavirus vaccine developed and manufactured on the basis of the breakthrough messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) technology.
2023-02-25 14:10
Iran to administer 50 mn vaccines by end of summer

TEHRAN, Sep. 14 (MNA) – Iran's new Health Minister Bahram Einollah has said that the country will break Germany's record of weekly administering of 5 million doses of vaccines.
2021-09-14 23:59
President Raeisi receives 2nd dose of Barakat vaccine

TEHRAN, Sep. 05 (MNA) – President Ebrahim Raeisi received the second dose of locally manufactured vaccine Cov Iran Barakat on Sunday.
2021-09-05 21:00
Iran-Cuba vaccine to be mass produced in coming months

TEHRAN, Jul. 11 (MNA) – A member of the Health Commission at the Iranian Parliament said that Iran and Cuba COVID-19 vaccine will be mass-produced within the next few months.
2021-07-11 11:00
Iran says over 7m people received Covid-19 vaccines so far

TEHRAN, Jul. 07 (MNA) – Alireza Raeisi, Spokesman for National Task Force for Fighting Coronavirus, said Wed. that more than 8.1 million vaccines have been distributed throughout the country.
2021-07-07 17:32
Iran to have access to 10m coronavirus vaccine by Sep.

TEHRAN, Jul. 02 (MNA) – The Spokesman for National Task Force for Fighting Coronavirus said Fri. that as soon as this September, the health officials in Iran will have access to 10 million Covid-19 vaccines per month.
2021-07-02 13:00
2nd locally-made vaccines join Iran vaccination campaign

TEHRAN, Jun. 29 (MNA) –The Iranian Health Ministry Spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said Tues. that the second Iranian-made vaccine has obtained the necessary permit to join the national vaccination campaign against the Covid-19 pandemic.
2021-06-29 20:15
Front pages of Iran’s English dailies on June 28

TEHRAN, Jun. 28 (MNA) – Here are the front pages of Iran’s English-language dailies on Monday, June 28.
2021-06-28 09:21
Home-grown flu vaccine to meet domestic needs by next winter

TEHRAN, May 30 (MNA) – Head of Food and Drug Administration of the Islamic Republic of Iran (IFDA) Mohammadreza Shanesaz said Sunday that domestically-produced influenza vaccines will meet a considerable portion of the country's demands this year.
2021-05-30 18:30
By: Majid Dehghanizadeh

3rd phase of clinical trial of Pasteur vaccine begins in Yazd

YAZD, May 11 (MNA) – The third phase of clinical trial of Iran-Cuba jointly produced COVID-19 vaccine started in Yazd province by voluntary injection of the vaccine into some provincial officials.
2021-05-12 01:00
VIDEO: First doses Iran-Cuba vaccine tested on 5 volunteers

TEHRAN, Apr. 26 (MNA) – On Monday morning, the first doses of the joint vaccine of the Pasteur Institute of Iran and the Finlay Institute of Cuba were injected into 5 volunteers in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences.
2021-04-26 14:00
Head of Pasteur Institute of Iran:

Iran-Cuba joint vaccine to be mass produced by June

TEHRAN, Apr. 26 (MNA) – Head of Pasteur Institute of Iran Alireza Biglari said on Monday that Iran's jointly manufactured Covid-19 vaccine with Cuba will be mass-produced in June and it will enter the market under Health Ministry's order.
2021-04-26 13:27
VIDEO: Coronavirus Task Force member 1st to recieve COVIran

TEHRAN, Apr. 25 (MNA) – Dr. Minoo Mohraz, of Iran’s National Coronavirus Task Force, became the 1st volunteer to receive COVIran Barakat in its third phase of the human trial, on Sun.
2021-04-25 12:20
Latest status of Iran-made viral vector vaccine

TEHRAN, Apr. 04 (MNA) – The animal safety studies of an Iran-made COVID-19 vaccine that uses viral vector technology will likely end in two months.
2021-04-04 16:05
VIDEO: FAKHRA vaccine tested on Martyr Fakhrizadeh son

TEHRAN, Mar. 16 (MNA) – Son of Martyr Fakhrizadeh, the top Iranian scientist, was the first volunteer to receive the Iranian FAKHRA vaccine in its first phase of the clinical trial.
2021-03-16 10:56
Clinical trial of Iranian COVID-19 vaccine

TEHRAN, Mar. 15 (MNA) – Clinical trials of the first Iranian corona vaccine, produced and manufactured by the domestic researchers at Execution of Imam Khomeini Order (EIKO), entitled COVIRAN Barekat” kicked off on Mon.
2021-03-15 16:00
Iran receives 100,000 doses of Cuban Soberana 2 vaccine

TEHRAN, Mar. 13 (MNA) – 100,000 doses of Cuban Soberana 2 vaccine were delivered to the Pasteur Institute of Iran for the final stage of clinical trials.
2021-03-13 10:05
Second Iranian COVID-19 vaccine enters human trial

TEHRAN, Feb. 28 (MNA) – A second locally-manufactured COVID-19 vaccine has entered human trial in Iran.
2021-02-28 11:59
One year into the pandemic, Iran’s achievements

TEHRAN, Feb. 17 (MNA) – Iran has made great efforts to combat the Covid-19 through boosting production of medical items, forming volunteer groups, and implementing different schemes, and the most precious of which was the medical staff’s dedication.
2021-02-17 17:39
Tehran ,Moscow to finalize tie on joint vaccine production

TEHRAN, Feb. 07 (MNA) – An Iranian delegation, who just arrived in Moscow, will finalize a joint cooperation agreement for the production of the Sputnik V vaccine between Iran and Russia.
2021-02-07 16:29
Iran to receive 1st batch of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine

TEHRAN, Jan. 30 (MNA) – The first batch of Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine will be delivered to the Islamic Republic of Iran in the current week, said an Iranian envoy.
2021-01-30 10:12
Iran's COVID vaccine to be mass-produced within next 3 months

TEHRAN, Jan. 19 (MNA) – Head of Execution of Imam Khomeini Order (EIKO) said that the Iranian made coronavirus vaccine will be mass-produced within the next three months.
2021-01-19 14:47
By: Hossein Shahmoradi

Why doesn’t Iran rely on US, UK-produced vaccines?

TEHRAN, Jan. 10 (MNA) – There are various reasons that the Islamic Republic of Iran does not rely on the US and UK-produced vaccines.
2021-01-10 20:00
Iran not to become venue for testing foreign vaccines

TEHRAN, Jan. 09 (MNA) – Rouhani said that the government refuses to imports foreign vaccines that have not passed their approval processes yet, reassuring that Iranians will not be tested by foreign companies for the Covid-19 vaccines.
2021-01-09 13:09
Despite Western sanctions:

Iranians at forefront of science, vaccine production

TEHRAN, Jan. 06 (MNA) – Hailing that Iranian scientists are always at the forefront of science in the world, a parliament member said that therefore, Iran can rely on domestic capabilities in producing the Covid-19 vaccine.
2021-01-06 10:27
Govt. hopeful to procure COVID-19 vaccine in coming weeks

Tehran, Jan. 03 (MNA) – President Hassan Rouhani says his administration is making every effort to provide the COVID-19 vaccine, expressing hope that the goal will be realized in the few coming weeks.
2021-01-03 16:00
Iran, Cuba to co-produce COVID-19 vaccine

TEHRAN, Jan. 02 (MNA) – Iran is cooperating with Cuba in producing a COVID-19 vaccine, according to a senior official at the Iranian Health Ministry.
2021-01-02 11:38
2nd Iran-made COVID vaccine going through trial

TEHRAN, Dec. 30 (MNA) – The second home-made coronavirus vaccine, developed by Pasteur Institute of Iran, is going through trial phases, says head of the Institute.
2020-12-30 12:45