Hyderabad, April 7 -- Iran called upon all young people, including "athletes, artists, students, university students and their professors" to form human chains around power plants ahead of United States President Donald Trump's threatened strikes.

"Power plants that are our national assets and capital, regardless of any taste or political viewpoint, belong to the future of Iran and to the Iranian youth," Alireza Rahimi, identified by Iranian state television as the secretary of the Supreme Council of Youth and Adolescents, said as he issued the video call in a newscast.

Iran has formed human chains in the past around its nuclear sites at times of heightened tensions with the West.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned the U...