File Photo: Army drill in Mashhad to contain Coronavirus outbreak on March 15

Tehran (IP) - Iran launches a biological defense drill at ministries and departments to combat COVID-19.

Iran Press/Iran news: Tehran's Ministries and Offices Biological COVID-19 Defence Combating Drill is attended by Commander of the Tehran division of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Mohammad Reza Yazdi in Valiasr Sq, Tehran, on early Sunday morning.

On March 25, the Iranian Army conducted a nationwide drill in 24 provinces for combating COVID-19.

Also on March 15, with the order of Iran’s Army Chief Commander Major General Seyyed Abolrahim Mousavi to the Commander of Army Ground Forces Brigadier General Kioumars Heydari, Iranian Army’s bio-defense exercise was conducted.

The Commander of the Army Ground Forces stated that the target provinces of the exercise are currently Gilan and Qom, but the project is carried out on a national scale.

The exercise also was kicked off in the Eastern Azarbaijan Province, northeast of Iran, against coronavirus on Sunday and codenamed Ya Ali Ibn Abi Talib (AS).

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Photo: Army's drill kicks off in Mashhad to contain Coronavirus outbreak