Top Iranian General Lauds Army’s Efforts to Help People amid Coronavirus Pandemic

By Staff, Agencies

Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri said the Islamic Republic’s Army has spared no efforts to protect people’s health amid the battle against the coronavirus pandemic.

In addition to enhancing its combat and defense readiness and capabilities, the Iranian Army has been rendering assistance to the Iranian nation with all power since the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic, General Baqeri said in a meeting with Army Commander Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi on Thursday on the upcoming occasion of Iran’s National Army Day.

Praising the country’s Armed Forces for working sincerely on the front line against coronavirus, he said, “The Army has spared no efforts to protect people’s health and sanitation.”

In a message on Wednesday, Baqeri also thanked his comrades for being on the front line in the country’s fight against the COVID-19 disease.

“I would like to thank all my dear comrades in the Army, Air Defense, Ground Force, [national] defense, air and naval forces … and especially those on the front line of defending health, and I appreciate all their sincere and earnest efforts,” he said.

Iran will celebrate the Army Day and the Ground Force Day on Friday. Every year commemorative parades are held across the country on the occasion but this year the parades have been canceled due to coronavirus concerns.

Iranian Armed Forces, including the Army and the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps [IRGC], have been joining the battle particularly after Leader of the Islamic Revolution His Eminence Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei on March 12 issued an edict to Major General Baqeri, emphasizing the need for the establishment of a “health and treatment base” to prevent the further spread of the ongoing coronavirus epidemic in the country.