Iranians begin forming human chains around power plants ahead of Trump’s deadline, social media videos show

As President Donald Trump’s 8 p.m. ET deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz approached Tuesday, Iran’s government asked its citizens to do something for its country: go stand in front of the power plants.

Alireza Rahimi, identified by Iranian state television as the secretary of the Supreme Council of Youth and Adolescents, appeared in a video statement Tuesday urging “all young people, athletes, artists, students and university students and their professors” to form human chains around the country’s critical power infrastructure. Participants were asked to gather at 2 p.m. local time in front of power generation stations across the country. The campaign was officially branded “Human Chain of Iranian Youth for a Bright Tomorrow.”

“Power plants that are our national assets and capital, regardless of any taste or political viewpoint, belong to the future of Iran and to the Iranian youth,” Rahimi said. “We will........

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