Iran Says U.S. Sanctions Halted Delivery of 2 Million Flu Vaccines

Iran said new U.S. sanctions targeting its banking system prevented the import of 2 million influenza vaccines, after government warnings that the penalties would hit trade in humanitarian goods.

In a tweet on Tuesday, Iran’s Red Crescent Society said Shahr Bank, which is mostly owned by Tehran municipality and had facilitated foreign-currency purchases of drugs, “has been sanctioned by the U.S. government and the vaccines haven’t reached the Red Crescent.”