{"id":21503,"date":"2021-03-12T08:17:08","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T07:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=21503"},"modified":"2021-03-12T08:17:09","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T07:17:09","slug":"iran-pensioner-protest-shows-desire-for-uprising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2021\/03\/iran-pensioner-protest-shows-desire-for-uprising\/21503\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Pensioner Protest Shows Desire for Uprising"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<!--?xml encoding=\"UTF-8\"--><html><body><p>Iranian pensioners protested in 28 cities on Sunday, March 7, 2021, over the regime\u2019s corrupt economic policies that have left <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/2021\/03\/02\/retirees-protest-for-sixth-consecutive-week-in-26-cities-of-21-provinces-in-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">retirees <\/a>in poverty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At their seventh <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/core-message-of-retirees-protests-in-iran-a-restive-society\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">nationwide protest<\/a> since the start of the year, the retirees chanted:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u201cThe result of the government\u2019s work, looting the nation\u2019s money\u201d<\/li><li>\u201cOur country is sitting on treasure, but the retired are living in misery\u201d<\/li><li>\u201cRetirees are awake and they hate injustice\u201d<\/li><li>\u201cOur enemy is right here; they are lying that it is America.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"\u0631\u0634\u062a-\u062a\u062c\u0645\u0639 \u0627\u0639\u062a\u0631\u0627\u0636\u06cc \u0633\u0631\u0627\u0633\u0631\u06cc \u0628\u0627\u0632\u0646\u0634\u0633\u062a\u06af\u0627\u0646 \u0648 \u0645\u0633\u062a\u0645\u0631\u06cc\u200c\u0628\u06af\u06cc\u0631\u0627\u0646 \u062a\u0623\u0645\u06cc\u0646 \u0627\u062c\u062a\u0645\u0627\u0639\u06cc\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PAEHOFxLJ4k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>During the first six protests, the regime refrained from outright violence against pensioners and did not arrest them, fearing the optics and relying on threats instead, but this week they sent security forces in and attempted to attack and arrest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The guards and plainclothes agents were met with resistance by the retirees and, in most cases, had to stop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As protests grow despite the pandemic, it shows how anger is bubbling at the surface across the country. As more and more people are pushed into <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/tag\/poverty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">poverty<\/a>, to the point where people are cutting meat and fruit from their shopping lists and selling their children, this can only \u00a0mean that more protests are coming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, it would be completely acceptable to ask how, in a country that has $770 billion in potential reserves of natural resources, people are allowed to be in <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/tag\/poverty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">poverty<\/a> and why the state hasn\u2019t stepped in to help them. After all, people have to pay for bread in installments and scavenge dumpsites, while the regime leaders are living in luxury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The truth is that it was designed that way, so we should not be surprised if wages can\u2019t last a week and employers cannot afford to pay workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Iran Expanding protests hint at what is to come\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CI57jy5L7OI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Iranian Resistance <a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-protests-retirees-20210310\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a>: \u201cFor three months, the mullahs\u2019 regime has been witnessing that even the coronavirus outbreak is not preventing social protests. The people feel the struggle with growing <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/2021\/02\/09\/iran-peoples-poverty-a-result-of-sanctions-or-plundering-by-corrupt-mullahs-and-irgc-terrorists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">poverty <\/a>and hunger threatens their lives far more than the virus\u2026 Now the regime is at a crossroads: to either suppress the protests or ignore them. Suppressing protests will result in more radicalized protest movement\u2026that will dwarf the protests of\u00a0January 2018\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-november-2019-uprising-and-its-amplifications\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">November 2019<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They said that the regime is at a dead end with every option leading to further protests and the mullahs\u2019 overthrow. When Supreme Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/2020\/10\/24\/who-is-ali-khamenei-iranian-regime-supreme-leader\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ali Khamenei<\/a> shed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/economy\/irans-economic-crisis-and-khameneis-crocodile-tears\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">crocodile tears<\/a> for the people in poverty last week,\u00a0 he was actually crying for himself and the little time he has left in power.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iranian pensioners protested in 28 cities on Sunday, March 7, 2021, over the regime\u2019s corrupt economic policies that have left retirees in poverty. 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