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Retirees, disabled people hold protest rallies in multiple cities across Iran

By Mahmoud Hakamian
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Retirees and disabled people hold protests rallies in several cities across Iran—July 16, 2023

Retirees and pensioners of the Iranian regime’s Social Security Organization held protest rallies in several cities across the country on Sunday as their living conditions continue to deteriorate under the corrupt rule of the mullahs. Rallies were reported in Tehran, Isfahan, Ahvaz, Kermanshah, and Shush among others.

In the past few years, retirees across Iran have been protesting their deteriorating living conditions, especially as the government refuses to adjust their pensions based on the inflation rate and fluctuations in the price of the rial, Iran’s national currency. The price of most basic goods have spiked severalfold while pensioners continue to receive the same stipends as before.

In Ahvaz, the protesters were chanting, “Our enemy is right here, they are lying that it is the US!” making it clear that the root of all their miseries is the regime itself.

In Tehran, the protesters were chanting, “High prices, inflation, have ruined the people’s lives!”

For several years regime officials have been making promises to implement the law for adjusting pensions. But as they continue to dither and delay, the lives of pensioners, who rely solely on government stipends, continue to spiral into poverty.

Meanwhile, the retirees have made it clear that they will not stop their protests until they get their basic rights. In Ahvaz, the protesters were chanting, “We will only obtain our rights in the streets!” and in Shush, they shouted, “Retirees will die but won’t give in to disgrace!”

Also on Sunday, disabled people in several cities held organized protest rallies as the regime continues to deny them their most basic rights. Protests were reported Tehran, Kermanshah, Ardabil, and Kerman.

The protesters are demanding that the regime implements article 27 of the law for disabled people. This article states that the government must provide the basic needs of severely disabled people who cannot take jobs and provide for themselves. This article was passed into law in 2017 but the government continues to refrain from implementing it. In this year’s budget bill, the funds that were to be allocated for this purpose were revoked.

The protesters held placards that made their situation clear. In Tehran, one banner read, “Enough with the tyranny, our tables are empty!”

In Kermanshah, the protesters were holding placards that condemned the regime’s actions as human rights violations and reminded that the law has already been passed.

“The implementation of article 27 is our undeniable right,” a placard read in the rally of protesters in Kerman, who had gathered in front of the provincial offices of the Welfare Organization.

Also on Sunday, a group of steel workers at the Gilan Ferro Complex, northern Iran, held a rally in protest to the discriminatory policies of regime authorities and poor safety standards that have led to the recent death of one of their coworkers.

 

 

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