{"id":22343,"date":"2021-06-01T07:57:08","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T05:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=22343"},"modified":"2021-06-01T07:57:10","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T05:57:10","slug":"protests-in-iran-last-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2021\/06\/protests-in-iran-last-weekend\/22343\/","title":{"rendered":"Protests in Iran Last Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The state-run media in Iran has continually warned about how the dire economic situation<\/a> in Iran will have disastrous consequences for the regime, as the people who are being crushed by overwhelming poverty take to the streets in protest after protest when they demonstrate against unbearable conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Aftab-e Yazd daily, in their article on Sunday, 30 May 2021, cited several regime analysts who were concerned about presidential candidates being \u201cout of touch with the people\u201d. One of the experts explained that Iran hasn\u2019t developed and that the people aren\u2019t able to express their many legitimate issues through protest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The article read<\/a>: \u201cIt\u2019s as if giving promises that can\u2019t be fulfilled has become a ceremonious art of the elections. Sometimes, it appears that the officials who live in this society have no understanding of the conditions surrounding them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last weekend also saw major protests from various sectors of society, including teachers, retirees, and farmers. Let\u2019s look at some of those in more detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contract teachers working at the supposed \u201cnon-profit\u201d schools, which are actually run for a profit by rich people affiliated with the regime, gathered outside the parliament in Tehran to demand the basic working rights, including salaries that match that of other teachers, benefits, and insurance. They demanded that their work conditions be addressed and that the education ministry employ them officially, given that they have advanced degrees and vast work experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n