{"id":21334,"date":"2021-03-02T09:08:21","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T08:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=21334"},"modified":"2021-03-02T09:08:22","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T08:08:22","slug":"retirees-protest-for-sixth-consecutive-week-in-26-cities-of-21-provinces-in-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2021\/03\/retirees-protest-for-sixth-consecutive-week-in-26-cities-of-21-provinces-in-iran\/21334\/","title":{"rendered":"Retirees Protest for Sixth Consecutive Week in 26 Cities of 21 Provinces in Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran(NCRI<\/a>) 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\u2019s officials. Retirees and pensioners have now joined the poor sectors of society as a result of the clerical regime\u2019s plundering policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The statement adds, the rally in Tehran began in front of the Social Security Organization and continued with a march to the regime\u2019s Planning and Budget Organization. The repressive State Security Force (SSF) showed up in force to prevent others from joining the rally. In addition to Tehran, retirees in Ahvaz, Yazd, Tabriz, Kermanshah, Zanjan, Arak, Ilam, Khorramabad, Karaj, Ardabil, Mashhad, Isfahan, Rasht, Sanandaj, Shiraz, Bojnurd, Qazvin, Neyshabur, Shahroud, Shooshtar, Shush, Kerman, Sari, Dezful and Abadan also held protest gatherings in front of local Social Security Organization or governate. In Shush, people marched from the office of a regime parliament member to the governor\u2019s office. In Ardabil, repressive forces attacked the retirees\u2019 gathering and seized their placards, stopping the protest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n