On September 9, Iran witnessed a new wave of protests that spread to several provinces, with demonstrations focusing on living problems and the failure of the Iranian regime’s companies to fulfill their promises to retirees. Retirees from the telecommunications company held a protest rally to express their anger at the Execution of Khomeini’s Order (EIKO) and the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps, which supervise the company, for not fulfilling their promises to provide the necessary financial rights. The demands centered on restoring their legitimate rights and improving their financial conditions.
The Execution of Khomeini’s Order (EIKO) and the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), as the main shareholders in the pension fund, operate under the direct supervision of the regime’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei. The intervention of these institutions, aimed at securing funding for regional intervention projects and exporting terrorism, has led to a significant deterioration in the conditions of retirees. Khamenei and the Revolutionary Guards sought to control all of Iran’s resources, including the pension fund, to finance their interventions, resulting in widespread poverty and greatly angering the people.
In today’s protest rallies, retirees chanted slogans directly targeting the EIKO and the IRGC. One of the main slogans was: “The EIKO and the IRGC are thieves, and the retiree is their enemy,” denouncing these institutions for their role in the deterioration of retirees’ conditions and their failure to fulfill their obligations. These slogans reflect the widespread anger and dissatisfaction of retirees with the mismanagement and interference of these entities operating under Khamenei’s supervision.
A similar gathering of telecommunications company retirees took place in the city of Tabriz in East Azerbaijan Province, where protesters voiced their frustration at the company’s failure to meet its obligations. They demanded that the situation be resolved and their overdue wages paid.
Retirees from the telecommunications company also gathered in Shiraz to denounce the company’s failure to meet its financial obligations toward them, demanding that their long-accumulated rights be paid.
A protest march was organized by telecommunications sector retirees in the Khuzestan province, where demonstrators demanded their lost rights and denounced the company’s failure to fulfill its commitments. The demonstration was attended by a large number of retirees who raised slogans expressing their dissatisfaction.
Another gathering of telecommunications company retirees took place in Gilan province, where they expressed their anger towards the company’s management for failing to implement its repeated promises. The protesters focused on the need for management to fulfill its legal and financial obligations.
Retirees of the telecommunications company organized another protest gathering in Isfahan, where they raised the slogan: “We have not seen justice, we have heard many lies,” referring to the company’s hollow promises. The city also witnessed protests by service workers and school guards, who expressed their demands with an empty table, symbolizing the deterioration of their living conditions.
Housing applicants for the “Balad Al-Amin” project gathered in front of the Kerman Governorate building, where they set up symbolic tents in protest against the failure to deliver housing units on time, despite having paid the money in advance. The protesters criticized the delay in the implementation of housing projects and their high costs.
The literacy movement teachers gathered in front of the Ministry of Education in Tehran, where they demanded improvements in their professional conditions and the implementation of the ministry’s promises regarding salary increases and an improved work environment.
These growing protests indicate the escalation of popular anger towards the deterioration of living conditions and the continued failure of the government and its affiliated companies to provide appropriate solutions to the accumulated crises. While the Iranian people are suffering from economic and living crises, the regime is busy igniting wars in the region and financially supporting terrorist groups, instead of focusing on solving these internal problems. Its nuclear ambitions have also imposed heavy costs on the people, exacerbating internal crises. With increasing public discontent and the expansion of protests, it is not unlikely that the people, having lost patience with these policies, will rise up in a comprehensive uprising to overthrow this regime and achieve a better future.
