Tehran, April 7 -- As the countdown contines to US President Donald Trump's ultimatum for Iran to come at the negotiating table, President Masoud Pezeshkian vowed that Iranians are ready to sacrifice their lives to defend the country.

He made the remarks in a post on X. The Iranian President said that he, too stands ready to be sacrificed for the country.

"Over 14 million proud Iranians have, up to this moment, declared their readiness to sacrifice their lives in defense of Iran. I too have been, am, and will be a sacrificer for Iran", Pzeshkian wrote on X.

Earlier, Iran's Deputy Sports Minister, Alireza Rahimi, called on the nation's athletes and artists to form "human chains" around power plants, a symbolic and physical attempt to de...