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TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The strategic dilemmas that the U.S. is facing in the world and Washington’s dysfunctional policies coupled with the coronavirus crisis have put the U.S. at the highest level of vulnerability and erosion, a senior Iranian commander has said.

In remarks at a meeting on Tuesday, Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi, a top military aide to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, said the U.S. has decided to intensify the policy of psychological and virtual warfare because of its aggravating conditions.

“At present, the U.S. is at the highest level of vulnerability, passiveness and erosion,” the ranking general said, adding that such conditions are a result of the strategic dilemmas that the U.S. is facing in the regional and international sphere and its failure in the international arena compared to other powers in the wake of the outbreak of the coronavirus.

Not only is the U.S. facing serious problems with the management of the coronavirus crisis in its own country, but it is suffering from a crippling shock in the military sphere and in implementing security and military policies, the Iranian commander said.

He highlighted the futility of the U.S.’ strategy to establish military bases in Southwest and East Asia, saying those bases are turning into a weak point and a threat for the Americans.

The number of coronavirus deaths in the U.S. has exceeded 23,600 while the number of confirmed cases has surpassed 587,000.