Friday, 13 August 2021 (YJC)_ Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces ordered all his forces to assist the health ministry to treat patients.
In line with the Leader's order for stepped-up vaccination and boosted fight against the COVID-19, Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri ordered all his forces to assist the health ministry to treat patients.
He had forwarded the Leader's order to all commanders of the different sections of the Armed Forces and said “In accordance to the today’s order, the commanders of the Army, IRGC, Law Enforcement Police and other major Armed Forces were ordered to make necessary preparations to put operational plans on the agenda immediately.”
He went on to add that “We will assess and implement the most decisive and effective methods and measures in cooperation with the Ministry of Health and the National Anti-Coronavirus Headquarters.”
Previously, supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei urged the military to help the health authorities to step up the vaccination campaign and to make sure the standard operating procedures of COVID-19 are respected by the people.
While voicing concern about the surge of coronavirus outbreak and deaths in the country, he ordered the Iranian officials to rapidly deal with the issue by every means possible and called for “The increase in the imports and production of more vaccines.”