On Tuesday, the Iranians formed human chains around power plants after repeated threats by US President Donald Trump, that the United States will attack energy facilities and bridges there if Tehran does not agree to a deal and unblock the Strait of Hormuz. At the same time, several high-ranking representatives of the country announced readiness sacrifice their livesinforms TASR according to an AFP report.
At the same time, approximately 14.4 million people signed up for voluntary military service in Iran, said Speaker of the Parliament Mohammad Báker Kálibáf. He published this information, which cannot be independently verified, on a social network on Tuesday. The action is called “Sacrifice life”. The actual number of participants at the power plants cannot be verified either, while the first images showed dozens of people at individual locations.
The state agency IRNA published footage of people forming a human chain “in support of power plants” in the southern city of Bushehr, where a nuclear power plant is located. State television and the Mehr agency reported on dozens of people outside the power plant in the northern city of Tabriz, as well as at a facility in the eastern city of Mashhad.
The war between the United States, Israel and Iran claimed the lives of several high-ranking Iranian officials, while possible attacks on energy facilities would mean a significant escalation of the conflict, writes AFP. Trump threatened Tehran with “pour hell down” in the form of attacks on Iranian power plants and bridges, if it does not reach an agreement with the US and does not end the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. The ultimatum expires at 8:00 PM ET on Tuesday (2:00 AM EST on Wednesday).
On Tuesday, on his social network Truth Social, the American president also warned against “by destroying an entire civilization”, if Iran does not accede to the agreement. “An entire civilization will die tonight, never to come back. I don’t want it to happen, but it probably will. However, now that we have a complete regime change with different, smarter, less radicalized views, maybe something revolutionaryly wonderful can happen, WHO KNOWS? We’ll find out tonight.” wrote. He repeatedly demanded the opening of the strategic strait, including an unusually vulgar post published on Sunday.
