New Delhi, April 7 -- Iran has once again rejected a 45-day ceasefire proposal, even as the deadline set by US President Donald Trump to make a deal and reopen the Strait of Hormuz ends in a couple of hours. Iran has so far remained defiant and has insisted on a permanent end to the war rather than a temporary ceasefire.

Iran's deputy sports minister, Alireza Rahimi, called on artists and athletes to form human chains at power plants across the country on Tuesday. "We will stand hand in hand to say: Attacking public infrastructure is a war crime."

According to The Associated Press, he called on "young people, athletes, artists, students, university students, and their professors" to gather at 2 p.m. around power plants. He described the...