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President Masoud Pezeshkian made the comment on X just ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s deadline to bomb power stations and bridges in Iran if it doesn\u2019t loosen its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz. The figure is double other figures mentioned by state media in the past about volunteers the government had been soliciting by text messages and media as the war went on. Iran is home to 90 million people. 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President Masoud Pezeshkian made the comment on X just ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s deadline to bomb power stations and bridges in Iran if it doesn\u2019t loosen its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz. The figure is double other figures mentioned by state media in the past about volunteers the government had been soliciting by text messages and media as the war went on. Iran is home to 90 million people. 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