Iran’s Foreign Ministry has slammed a recent US president Donald Trump’s offer to “assist” Iran in countering the coronavirus outbreak as a repulsive display of hypocrisy amid Washington’s sanctions and medical terrorism targeting Iran.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has issued an edict to Iran's top general, emphasizing the need for the establishment of a “health and treatment base” to prevent further spread of an ongoing coronavirus epidemic in the country.

The special advisor to Iran's parliament speaker in international affairs has reacted to Bahrain’s accusations that the Islamic Republic is “covering up the spread of the new coronavirus,” saying the US, which is actually ruling Bahrain, is the main culprit in launching biological warfare and covering up the coronavirus spread in the United States.

Spokesman of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Brigadier General Ramezan Sharif said on Wednesday that the IRGC has mobilized 100,000 of its members as well as Basij (volunteer) forces to help the government and people in the fight against coronavirus epidemic.

Iran’s Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Seyed Ebrahim Rayeesi once again denounced the assassination of former IRGC Quds Force Commander Martyr General Qassem Soleimani by the terrorist army of the US, and reassured that Washington will be held accountable for the crime in international tribunals.

Iran has unveiled a first model of a domestically-manufactured thermal imaging camera amid efforts to contain the outbreak of coronavirus in the country.

Tehran says the United States has blocked the entry of foodstuffs and medicine into Iran through its unlawful sanctions, but shamelessly denies doing so.

Permanent representative of Iran to the United Nations Office in Geneva Esmayeel Baqayee Hamaneh condemned Washington’s “hypocritical” show of sympathy with the people of his country suffering from the coronavirus outbreak, reminding that the US is tightening its anti-humanitarian sanctions.