The Callisto tanker sits anchored as the traffic is down in the Strait of Hormuz, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Muscat, Oman, March 10, 2026. (Reuters File)
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Iranians gathered around power plants across the country on Tuesday, heeding government calls for human chains as President Donald Trump threatened “massive strikes” if Iran did not reopen the Strait of Hormuz, The Guardian reported.
State media showed crowds waving flags and holding banners at facilities near Tehran, Tabriz, and Dezful, where people assembled on a 1,700-year-old bridge.
President Masoud Pezeshkian said 14 million Iranians had signed up in a voluntary drive to defend the country. Alireza Rahimi, secretary of the Supreme Council of Youth and Adolescents, urged young people, students, artists, and professors to join the demonstrations, calling power plants “national assets…belonging to the future of Iran.”
The mobilization followed U.S. and Israeli airstrikes on railways, bridges, oil terminals, and petrochemical sites, further weakening diplomatic efforts.
Tehran warned of retaliatory attacks on U.S. and allied infrastructure, escalating regional tensions.
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