Medicine not missiles: Iran celebrates Army Day with unique parade to promote healing amid coronavirus crisis (VIDEO)

Iranian authorities

Iranian authorities opted to forego the usual display of military might befitting the country’s national Army Day, opting instead to pay tribute to the men and women fighting on the frontlines of the country’s coronavirus crisis.

Missiles, armored vehicles and fighter jet flyovers were swapped out for disinfection trucks, mobile hospitals and soldiers dressed as doctors and nurses in hazmat suits displaying lifesaving medical equipment during Friday’s demure ‘Defenders of the Homeland, Helpers of Health’ army parade.

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