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Iranian Minister Calls for Human Chains Around Power Plants

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said that millions of citizens are ready to ’sacrifice their lives’ for the regime.
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Iranian Minister Calls for Human Chains Around Power Plants
People drive their motorbikes past a billboard that shows a graphic depicting Iranian leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei in downtown Tehran, Iran, on April 6, 2026. Vahid Salemi/AP Photo
Victoria Friedman
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An Iranian minister has called for citizens, including students, to make human chains around power plants, after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened Iranian infrastructure if the Strait of Hormuz is not fully reopened by his April 7 deadline.

Alireza Rahimi, identified by Iranian state television as the secretary of the Supreme Council of Youth and Adolescents, called on “all young people, athletes, artists, students and university students and their professors” to form the human chains.

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Victoria Friedman is a UK-based journalist covering a wide range of international stories, with a particular interest in technology, eastern Europe, and defense.