Tehran 22 April _The US government should focus on saving its own coronavirus-hit forces instead of threatening countries like Iran, says the spokesman for the Iranian Armed Forces Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club(YJC)_“Instead of bullying others today, Americans should put their efforts into saving their forces, who have contracted coronavirus,” General Shekarchi said on Wednesday in response to a recent threat by US President Donald Trump.
Exemplifying the the IRGC and the Iranian volunteer forces at the forefront of the battle with covid-19, he further called on the United States to “evacuate” their forces from West Asia and use them to “rescue their people in the crisis.”
The comments by the Iranian commander come after the US Navy announced on Tuesday that it has detected 700 cases with coronavirus symptoms among the sailors of the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier.
As of Tuesday, 94% of the Roosevelt’s crew has been tested for the coronavirus as the ship nears a month since it docked in Guam due to the outbreak aboard the ship.
On Wednesday, Trump wrote on his twitter account that he has instructed the US Navy “to shoot down and destroy any and all Iranian gunboats if they harass our ships at sea."
“Instead of bullying others today, Americans should put their efforts into saving their forces, who have contracted coronavirus,” General Shekarchi said on Wednesday in response to a recent threat by US President Donald Trump.
Exemplifying the the IRGC and the Iranian volunteer forces at the forefront of the battle with covid-19, he further called on the United States to “evacuate” their forces from West Asia and use them to “rescue their people in the crisis.”
The comments by the Iranian commander come after the US Navy announced on Tuesday that it has detected 700 cases with coronavirus symptoms among the sailors of the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier.
As of Tuesday, 94% of the Roosevelt’s crew has been tested for the coronavirus as the ship nears a month since it docked in Guam due to the outbreak aboard the ship.
On Wednesday, Trump wrote on his twitter account that he has instructed the US Navy “to shoot down and destroy any and all Iranian gunboats if they harass our ships at sea."