Reporting by PMOI/MEK
Iran, January 20, 2021—The state-run Ebtekar daily warns that if the regime does not respond to the demands of the people, the consequences can be dire. “The society’s outrage is slowly building up. And we can’t predict what will happen when this hatred explodes. But what we know for sure is that this piled-up hatred will one day explode and can turn into a massive blow [to the regime],” the daily wrote on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, the economic situation in Iran continues to deteriorate as unemployment, poverty, and unpaid wages have become a common feature of everyday life.
During a visit to the city of Qom, northwest of central Iran, Ahmad Khorram, head of the regime’s Construction Engineering Organization, announced that there are 250,000 unemployed engineers in Iran is 250,000, and also said that 300,000 engineers have no proper housing.
“The Construction Engineering Organization has 550,000 members in seven fields of engineering and in different stages from bachelor to doctorate, which shows the very high capacity of this sector,” the Shafaqna news website wrote on January 18.
According to Mashreghnews, Ahmad Khorram reminded that the government has done nothing for the members of the Engineering Organization and said: “The Engineering Organization has 550,000 members, 60 percent of which either do not work in their specialty or are unemployed or work as taxi drivers.”
Protest of farmers in East of Isfahan province, central Iran
On Monday, January 18, farmers in eastern Isfahan and their families held a rally in front of the governor’s office, demanding that their rights to irrigation water to be resolved.
One of the women who participated in this gathering said:
“The water department sells water to this and that city, puts the money in its pocket and it is not clear where our due is spent.
“To the officials who say God will not forgive those who steal from the people, the people are widows who have been weaving carpets their entire lives and whose water is being sold to another city!
“Oh Lord! give us back our rights”
Other protesters responded by saying, “We are determined to achieve our rights to irrigation water even if we die.”
Protest of farmers in Khuzestan province, south west Iran
On Tuesday, farmers in the city of Mahshahr, southern Iran, held a rally, protesting a ban on agriculture in their lands. “The cry of hungry farmers,” a banner they held read.
