With the Iranian regime’s continued inability to address the demands of different professional groups, a number of workers, retirees, employees, farmers, bakers, and drivers held protest gatherings in several cities across Iran.
Videos posted on social media show that the official employees of the South Pars Gas Complex held a protest on Monday, September 29.
The protesters objected to not receiving their full salaries and benefits.
On the same day, protesting workers of the Iran National Steel Industrial Group also gathered in front of the Khuzestan provincial governor’s office.
They continued their protest march—under the heavy presence of security forces—by moving toward the Ahvaz governor’s office and then the National Bank of Khuzestan headquarters.
The Iran Steel workers have staged multiple protests over the past two weeks, stating that despite repeated visits and ongoing protests, they have not received any effective response from the employer or Khuzestan officials.
They are demanding payment of overdue wages, the reopening of suspended production lines, and proper supplementary health insurance.
The protesters also objected to the sudden and unjustified reduction of overtime pay, the cancellation of meal provisions, and the exclusion of their work from being classified as hazardous and strenuous for retirement calculations.
Mounting economic pressure on workers, retirees, and pensioners has significantly increased the number of labor-related protests in recent years.
Large protest by retirees
Videos circulating on social media show that retirees in Fars province held a protest in Shiraz on Monday, September 29.
Telecommunications retirees also continued their series of protests on September 29 in the cities of Isfahan, Ahvaz, Babol, Bijar, Tabriz, Tehran, Zanjan, Sanandaj, Kermanshah, Marivan, and Hamedan.
These retirees protested against professional hardships and the government’s failure to implement regulations related to supplementary health insurance services.
A call was also issued for a protest by military, state, social security, healthcare, telecommunications, and other pensioners in Kermanshah province on Tuesday, September 30.
On September 29, owners of old and worn-out vans in Mashhad also held a protest.
On the same day, a number of bakers in Isfahan staged a protest in front of the provincial governor’s office against the non-payment of bread subsidies.
The protesting bakers said that no subsidies had been deposited into their accounts since July, and given the rising costs of production, it is no longer possible for them to continue operating.
On September 29, a group of farmers gathered in front of the Khuzestan provincial governor’s office, protesting water shortages and the damages resulting from them.
