{"id":20749,"date":"2021-01-24T09:30:23","date_gmt":"2021-01-24T08:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=20749"},"modified":"2021-01-23T17:31:29","modified_gmt":"2021-01-23T16:31:29","slug":"iran-state-media-warns-uprising-likely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2021\/01\/iran-state-media-warns-uprising-likely\/20749\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran State Media Warns Uprising Likely"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Iranian state-run media is now warning that if the regime fails to respond to the people\u2019s legitimate and reasonable demands, then protests are certain and regime overthrow is increasingly likely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ebtekar daily wrote<\/a> Tuesday, January 19: \u201cThe society\u2019s outrage is slowly building up. And we can\u2019t predict what will happen when this hatred explodes. But what we know for sure is that this piled-up hatred will one day explode and can turn into a massive blow [to the regime].\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, what makes the people so angry? Well, aside from the seemingly deliberate mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic and the violent suppression of peaceful protests, the economic situation is dire and just keeps getting worse. Some 80% of the country are living in poverty, whilst unemployment and unpaid wages are just a common part of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To give just one example, Construction Engineering Organization head Ahmad Khorram visited Qom this week and reported that 250,000 Iranian engineers are unemployed, while a further 300,000 don\u2019t have proper housing. These are educated people with degrees ranging from bachelor to doctorate, who cover the seven engineering fields, but the regime has done nothing to help them get work and most are either unemployed or working outside their fields, including as taxi drivers. And it\u2019s not like the regime doesn\u2019t have many pressing construction projects that require engineers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If this is happening to those with advanced degrees, how hard must it be for those who were unable to complete their education to this level?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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