2021-04-18 11:35:42 GMT2021-04-18 19:35:42(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
TEHRAN, April 18 (Xinhua) Iran marked its National Army Day on Sunday with motorcades parade inside army barracks in numerous cities, as the country struggles to control a surge of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Commander-in-Chief of the Iranian Army Amir Abdolrahim Mousavi and other high-ranking army commanders attended a ceremony in Tehran, where messages from Iran s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Iran s President Hassan Rouhani were read, state TV reported.
In his message, first published on Saturday on the official website of Iran s top leader, Khamenei called on the Iranian military to increase this preparedness as much as necessary.