Iran, Russia discuss producing COVID-19 vaccine
Russia’s sovereign wealth fund has been in talks over manufacturing the vaccine with Iran and a number of other countries.
![1228437024 A nurse prepares to inoculate volunteer Ilya Dubrovin, 36, with Russia's new coronavirus vaccine in a post-registration trials at a clinic in Moscow on September 10, 2020. - Russia announced last month that its vaccine, named "Sputnik V" after the Soviet-era satellite that was the first launched into space in 1957, had already received approval. The vaccine was developed by the Gamaleya research institute in Moscow in coordination with the Russian defence ministry. (Photo by Natalia KOLESNIKOVA / AFP) (Phot](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2020/09/GettyImages-1228437024.jpg/GettyImages-1228437024.jpg?h=7e0d2007&itok=82ErE3e4)
Iran will join Russia's efforts to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, Russian news agencies quoted the country’s Iranian ambassador as saying.
The Russian Direct Investment Fund, the country’s sovereign wealth fund, recently inked a deal with India to produce 300 million doses of its “Sputnik V” vaccine and it appears Iran will be among the next countries to strike a similar deal.