Tehran: As the hour of ‘apocalypse’ approaches in Iran, with Donald Trump threatening that “a whole civilisation will die tonight, never to be brought back again”, the Islamic Republic mobilised its youth to defend the country’s infrastructure from being decimated by US-Israeli strikes.
Iran’s Deputy Sports Minister Alireza Rahimi has called on the nation’s athletes and artists to form ‘human chains’ around power plants.
In a video message, Rahimi invited all youth, athletes, artists, students and faculty on Tuesday at 2 pm local time to gather near power plants. “These are our wealth and belongings,” he urged the public.
Responding to such calls, patriotic citizens in the city of Ilam, in western Iran, formed a human chain on Tuesday to demonstrate their resolve.
Iranian news agency Tasnim reported that the public gathering was organised specifically to condemn the American administration’s warnings of debilitating strikes on critical infrastructure, including bridges and power plants.
Men, women and even children lined the roadside to create a barrier, while many others joined hands to form a continuous line along a main thoroughfare. They held Iranian flags and placards featuring the images of national leaders.
Iranians are forming human chains nationwide on bridges and around critical infrastructure such as power plants and bridges to protect their country from potential U.S. and Israeli strikes….
Iranians are forming human chains nationwide on bridges and around critical infrastructure such as power plants and bridges to protect their country from potential U.S. and Israeli strikes…. pic.twitter.com/HzP6AKehxa
— Isaac’s Army (@ReturnOfKappy) April 7, 2026
There were congregations near other power plants and bridges in different parts of Iran, too, such as the White Bridge in Ahvaz, in Khuzestan province, near the Iraq border.
A human chain has been formed on the White Bridge in Ahvaz, Iran. pic.twitter.com/6eqsrnhb9q
— Clash Report (@clashreport) April 7, 2026
🚨🇺🇸🇮🇷 Iranians are forming a human chain around a power plant to stop it from being bombed.
They’re calling humans to stand between a civilian facility and the deadline ticking down to 8pm.
Trump threatened the power plants. Iran sent its people to stand in front of them.… https://t.co/u0EWyzAU7Y pic.twitter.com/hcbbK9OpQe
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) April 7, 2026
