This photograph captures a moment that had been eagerly anticipated for months. On June 25, 2021, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution received his first dose of the “COVIran Barekat” vaccine – a domestically produced vaccine that made Iran the sixth country in the world to produce a COVID-19 vaccine, following China, India, Russia, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Ayatollah Khamenei volunteered to receive this specific vaccine to demonstrate that the domestic product was entirely reliable and safe…