Posted on 04/07/2026 9:11:54 AM PDT by MeanWestTexan
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Tuesday that he was ready to sacrifice his life for Iran, writing on X that more than 14 million Iranians had already declared their readiness to do the same. The post came hours before an Iranian official urged young people to form human chains around the country’s power plants as fears mounted over possible US strikes on civilian infrastructure.
Pezeshkian wrote that “more than 14 million” Iranians had declared their readiness to give their lives in defense of the country and added that he too “has been, is, and will be” devoted to Iran. The message amounted to one of the clearest public calls yet from Iran’s leadership for national sacrifice as the crisis deepened.
AP reported separately that Alireza Rahimi, identified by Iranian state television as secretary of the Supreme Council of Youth and Adolescents, called on “young people, athletes, artists, students, university students, and their professors” to gather at 2 p.m. around power plants. He described the facilities as national assets belonging to Iran’s future and its youth, AP said.
The dual messages came after Trump threatened to strike Iranian power plants and bridges if Tehran did not reopen the Strait of Hormuz by Tuesday evening.
The Strait of Hormuz carries roughly one-fifth of the world’s oil trade, making the standoff far more than a bilateral crisis. Earlier reporting said US intelligence assessed Iran was unlikely to loosen its grip on the strait in the near term, underscoring why the Trump administration framed the issue as both a security and global energy emergency.
Iran has also signaled that any attack on its energy network could trigger retaliation against civilian infrastructure elsewhere in the region. Previous reports said Iranian and IRGC officials had warned
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The terms are acceptable.
The reality is if we destroy Iran we will have to pay to rebuild
And the rest of the world will condem us as will the Dems
-— “Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Tuesday that he was ready to sacrifice his life for Iran” but not for Persia. As a Shiite, he was ALWAYS ready — supposedly. Although it is always interesting to note those cheering on a “heroic charge: do so far from a front ( like in Topanga Canyon, California ), and those financing that charge often do so from the luxurious, high-rent neighborhoods of other countries.
I wonder what the humans think about this plan.
You mean unlike the way they love us now?
They can hold hands around any power plants they want to: our munitions are precise enough to destroy them without harming any of them (save perhaps for the sake of rebounding shrapnel).
The bridges might be another matter, but anyone complicit with the regime enough to sacrifice themselves as human shields are part of the prevailing problem.
That’s a great message they have for their youth they are asking to be human shields - ‘Americans and Israelis value your lives more than we do.’
Good.
"Done!" 
Did we rebuild Vietnam? No.
They starved until reforms in the 1980s.
The only way we rebuild is if there is regime change.
Its reminds me of that Coca Cola commercial from the 1970s - they can sing "I'd like to buy the world a Coke"
I would extend the deadline.
Give them time to get that 14 million human chain around the targets in place.
Just give us the signal when everyone is in place.
What an opportunity to get get rid of so much terrorist DNA in such a short period of time.
This is a preemptive public announcement to make the world think people are willing to die for these bastiges. They will be taken to targets by force and used as human shields.
“This is a preemptive public announcement to make the world think people are willing to die for these bastiges. They will be taken to targets by force and used as human shields.”
Of course they will.
They are intentionally setting up Basij and IRGC bases in schools. Maxing out civilian casualties and depending on the regard for human life (even the enemies) that the USA and Israel have is one of the fundamental tenants of warfighting by radical muslims.
While they, of course, just randomly lob missiles at houses.
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