Iranian citizens start forming human chains outside key infrastructure sites
This is Kazerun Power Plant in Fars province, southern Iran
This is Kazerun Power Plant in Fars province, southern Iran
His plan: Create music there as a symbolic effort to shield Iran’s infrastructure from attack.
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