Thousands of people formed human chains in front of power plants and bridges in various Iranian cities on Tuesday to protest against the threat of attacks from US President Donald Trump, who has warned that he will attack this infrastructure if Tehran does not reopen the Strait of Hormuz. In Tehran, hundreds of people gathered at the country's largest power plant, Damavand, carrying Iranian flags and condemned the American threats to attack vital infrastructure, according to images broadcast on state Iranian television. In the western city of Kermanshah, a group of protesters gathered at the Bisotun power plant, where they carried photos of the late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and his successor and son Mojtaba Khamenei, denouncing that attacking power plants constitutes a war crime, according to the Mehr agency. Human chains were also formed at the thermal power plant in the northwestern city of Tabriz and the Shahid Rajaei power plant in the northern city of Qazvin. The demonstrations were replicated in other parts of the country. In Dezful (southwest), students formed a human chain on the city's historic bridge, over 1,700 years old, in its defense against Trump's threats. These actions are part of a government campaign that called on the country's youth to form human chains today to 'stage a symbol of unity and resistance against the enemy', said this morning the Deputy Minister of Youth Affairs of the Ministry of Sport, Alireza Rahimi. Rahimi stated that 'the youth of Iran, with any ideology or preference, will unite to tell the world that attacking public infrastructure is a war crime'. Figures of Iranian culture, including Iranian musician Ali Gamsari and singer Benyamin Bahadori, began yesterday to set up near power plants and bridges before Trump's threats to 'unleash hell' if Tehran does not reopen Hormuz by 8:00 PM Tuesday in Washington (00:00 GMT Wednesday). Tehran has blocked the passage of ships through the Strait of Hormuz since the beginning of the war, through which 20% of the world's oil passes, and only allows passage to ships from countries it considers allies, which has driven up the price of oil, among other products.
