Iran has started exports of coronavirus vaccines with the first batch containing 200,000 doses been shipped to Nicaragua.
Iranian health minister Bahram Einollahi said that four million doses of domestically manufactured coronavirus vaccines are available for exports from Iran to other countries.
The comments come just six months after Iran started to import large consignments of coronavirus vaccines from countries like China to use them in a nationwide inoculation campaign against the disease.
That comes as Iranian manufacturers of coronavirus vaccines have scaled up their operations amid a ban imposed on imports that came after the vaccination campaign covered tens of millions of people across Iran.
Health ministry figures published on Monday showed that nearly 57 million Iranians had been fully vaccinated against coronavirus while over 26 million had received a third booster shot.
Iran has mostly relied on home-grown capacities to tackle one of the largest outbreaks of coronavirus in the Middle East. The country has been barred from accessing international supplies of drugs and medical equipment because of American sanctions.
Einollahi said Iran is ready to provide key medicines to other countries now that it has become self-sufficient in manufacturing various types of drugs.