What Are Iran’s Retirees Protesting For?
As the retirees’ protest in Iran went into its eighth consecutive week on Sunday, March 14, 2021, this time encompassing a dozen cities, it’s time to ask why are they protesting, and why are their demands not met? To sum up, Social Security organization retirees have been protesting over pitiful pensions that leave them in […]
Retirees and Pensioners Protests, 8th Week Running in Iran
For the eighth week in a row, retirees of Iran’s Social Security Organization held protests across the country on Sunday, March 14, to demand that their pensions rise in line with inflation as the cost of food and other essentials continues to rise dramatically. The protesters said that their ridiculously low pensions are also delayed […]
Iran Pensioner Protest Shows Desire for Uprising
Iranian pensioners protested in 28 cities on Sunday, March 7, 2021, over the regime’s corrupt economic policies that have left retirees in poverty. At their seventh nationwide protest since the start of the year, the retirees chanted: “The result of the government’s work, looting the nation’s money” “Our country is sitting on treasure, but the […]
Retirees Protest for Sixth Consecutive Week in 26 Cities of 21 Provinces in Iran
The Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran(NCRI) announced in a statement that on the morning of February 28, 2021, retirees and social security pensioners protested for the sixth time in Tehran and 25 other cities in objection to their terrible living conditions, high prices, and the indifference of the regime’s officials. Retirees […]
Economic Protests Continue in Iran
Protests have continued across Iran this week, with people furious over economic conditions that throw them into poverty. On Monday, January 25, social security retirees protested their poor living conditions, caused by their pension status, outside the Planning and Budget Organization. They said that their pensions were lower than those of military retirees and that […]
