The Chief Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said that the resistance and power of the Iranian nation will defeat the new coronavirus outbreak in the country, EDNews reports citing Mehr News.

“We are now dealing with a biological war but the nation will get through it with resistance and power,” Major General Hossein Salami said on Thursday in a ceremony held in Kerman to introduce a new regional IRGC commander.

“We have learned to advance our Revolution by changing and improving patterns; we have passed many problems but the enemy is stressing on economic pressure and psychological operations and is taking advantage of every opportunity to connect these two issues to create a hard time for people,” he added.

“Today, even in the fight against the coronavirus, which may be the product of Americans’ biological warfare, we will emerge victorious,” Salami said.

The enemy should know that the virus will return to themselves if they have created it, he said, highlighting that Iran will defeat the outbreak.