Thousands of retired teachers held a protest on Wednesday, November 20, in front of the Iranian regime’s Majlis (parliament) and the Plan and Budget Organization, demanding the payment of their dues.
The number of participants at Wednesday’s protest was approximately 7,000.
According to reports, a group of retired educators at the protest objected to the failure to implement the 2021 directive on pension adjustments, which stipulated that “90% of the special rank-based benefits be included in retirement salaries.”
The protesters chanted slogans such as “Ranking is our right/ It’s the result of our hard work” to express their dissatisfaction with the neglect of their demands. They also held up 100,000 rial banknotes (approximately $0.14) as a symbolic protest against their low pensions.
The protesters also shouted slogans like “Teacher, cry out/ Shout for your rights” and “Three years of uncertainty/ Damn this collusion.”
The government had promised that with the implementation of the equalization law, the pensions of retired educators would be increased to 90% of the salaries of their active counterparts in the same category.
With this promise unfulfilled, the protesters demanded the payment of arrears resulting from the 2021 pension adjustments for retired educators.
On Saturday, November 16, a group of retired educators had also held a protest in front of the Presidential Office in Tehran, objecting to the lack of attention to their demands.
These protests are not the first gatherings of retired educators this year.
Despite the promises made by the Iranian regime, the living conditions of retirees in Iran are deteriorating day by day.
