On Saturday, July 11, a group of buyers holding purchase vouchers for vehicles from the Iranian automaker Saipa gathered outside the company’s customer service building in Tehran to protest the prolonged delay in the delivery of the vehicles they had ordered.
The protesters said that despite paying the full purchase price for their vehicles, months had passed—and in some cases more than one year beyond the promised delivery date—yet Saipa had still failed to fulfill its commitments. Criticizing the automaker’s performance, they demanded the immediate delivery of their vehicles and accountability from officials for the lengthy delays. The demonstrators also criticized the responsible authorities for ignoring buyers’ demands and leaving people’s investments in limbo.
At the same time in Isfahan, a group of retired steel workers gathered outside the governor’s office to protest the incomplete implementation of the pension adjustment plan following the transfer of the Steel Pension Fund. Pointing out that four months of the year had already passed, they demanded the full and proper implementation of pension adjustments and the settlement of their outstanding claims.
On the same day, retired employees of the Telecommunications Company of Iran also held a protest outside the Isfahan governor’s office. The protesters criticized the management of the Telecommunications Company of Iran, the Execution of Imam Khomeini’s Order (EIKO), and the Etemad-e Mobin Consortium, accusing them of ignoring their professional and livelihood-related demands and calling for their grievances to be addressed immediately.
