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Iran calls for human chains around power plants ahead of Trump deadline
Officials said 2,000 youth joined the symbolic show of support for energy infrastructure as Trump threatened strikes on civilian sites.
- On Tuesday, Iran's Ministry of Sports and Youth urged young people to form "human chains" around power plants at 2 p.m. local time, positioning civilians at energy infrastructure sites hours before President Donald Trump's deadline expires.
- President Donald Trump set an 8 p.m. EDT deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, threatening "complete demolition" of all bridges and power plants if Tehran refuses, escalating pressure as the waterway remains critical to global oil shipments.
- Officials branded the initiative "Human Chain of Iran's Youth for a Bright Future," presenting it as national solidarity; however, analysts argue the regime is positioning civilians as human shields around infrastructure Trump explicitly threatened to strike.
- U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres warned that strikes on civilian infrastructure violate international law, while France and New Zealand leaders cautioned such attacks could constitute war crimes under the rules of armed conflict.
- The Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world's oil transits, remains closed since March 2, keeping global energy markets volatile with Brent crude above $108 per barrel, up around 50% since the war began.
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