ISLAMABAD – Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei makes stunning revelationsagainst US over coronavirus outbreak.
The Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reacted to latest statement of SayyidAli Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran, who claimed that the outbreak ofcoronavirus in Iran may have links with the suspected biological attack.
“The Armed Forces’ Medical Base should establish medical centers, work toprevent the spread of this disease using necessary methods & divide dutiesbetween the sectors in the Armed Forces.This Base must work in fullcoordination with the govt & the Ministry of Health,” Khamenei said in aTwitter post late on Thursday night.
He went on to claim “Since there is some evidence that this may be a‘#BiologicalAttack,’ the establishment of this Base in the Armed Forces forconfronting the #Coronavirus may also be regarded as a biological defenseexercise & add to our national sovereignty & power.”
Reacting to Khamenei’s statement, Pompeo tweeted “As @khamenei_ir knows,the best biological defense would’ve been to tell the Iranian people thetruth about the Wuhan virus when it spread to #Iran from China. Instead, hekept Mahan Air flights coming and going to the epicenter in China, andjailed those who spoke out.”
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According to reports, more than 10,000 Iranians have contracted coronavirussince the outbreak of the disease in the country which has so far killedaround 429 people.
Originated for the first time in China last year, the public healthofficials around the world have recorded more than 127,000 confirmed casesof coronavirus. The disease has reportedly killed around 4,700 peopleacross the globe.
