Iran's Human Shields: Defying U.S. Strikes

0:00Iranian officials are calling on young folks, athletes, artists, and students to form human chains around the country's power plants. This is the stop potential U.S. strikes as President Trump sets a hard deadline, reopened the straight-of-form moves by APM Eastern Time on Tuesday, or face attacks on infrastructure like power plants and bridges. Trump has ramped up the pressure, with U.S. forces already hitting targets on Carg Island, on oil depot, plus two bridges and a train station. He says this deadline is final, after backing off threats before. Iranians are stepping up, too. The Deputy Youth Minister posted a video urging everyone to encircle those plants. President Masood Pizeshkian claims 14 million people have signed up to defend the nation, echoing past tactics like human shields from the Iran-Irani rock war in the 1980s. The strait has been choked off since late February U.S. Airstrikes began, slamming 20 percent of global oil through there. Prices spiked hard, hitting supplies of fertilizers and chemicals, and piling heat on Trump

1:03to end this fast. Both sides are locked in, trading fierce warnings, with Iran's revolutionary guard vowing to cut off oil to U.S. allies for years. The standoff drags on, testing nerves and economies worldwide. That's your update from Vancouver News Today, powered by AI.