Protesting Pensioners in Tehran and Kermanshah: Shouting, Shouting, Against All This Injustice

Economic protests in Iran continued with a gathering of retired civil servants, including teachers, as well as retirees from the Social Security Organization and Telecommunications on Tuesday. Additionally, protesting truck drivers in Isfahan continued their strike against the cut in fuel quotas. According to reports received by Voice of America and published on social media on Tuesday, August 7, a group of retirees gathered in several cities in Iran to protest their living conditions, the neglect of their professional demands, and the rising prices and inflation. Dozens of retired teachers gathered in front of the Ministry of Education in Tehran and chanted: 'Shouting, shouting, against all this injustice.' In Kermanshah, retirees from various institutions, including the Telecommunications Company and the Social Security Organization, protested against injustice and chanted: 'The American offspring is here, the inflation is ours.' They also protested against the increase in taxes, chanting: 'Countless taxes, miserable facilities.' On Tuesday, August 7, the strike of truck drivers in Isfahan, which also took place on Monday, continued. Truck drivers in this province stopped working in protest against the cut in fuel quotas and parked their vehicles by the roadside. Protests over living conditions by various professions and groups are occurring almost daily in different parts of Iran. On Monday, during the protests of telecommunications retirees in Tehran, protesters chanted: 'Moshrefian, have some shame, think of us.' The expansion of protests among various groups, including retirees, workers from various industries, teachers, defrauded investors, and nurses, indicates increasing economic problems in Iran and the neglect of the Islamic Republic authorities. Hussein Raghfar, an economist, previously stated about the ineffectiveness of changing the head of government in the Islamic Republic that there are two governments in this regime; one 'has weapons and power' and its actions affect people's livelihoods, while the other 'has no power at all.' While economic protests continue in Iran, the political deputy of the Revolutionary Guards announced in their publication that the 'related ministries to the market and economy' must 'prepare for war' and get ready for 'economic warfare.' In this context, Hamid Asafi, an analyst, told Voice of America that the Iranian economy is in 'super crisis' and lacks resilience against long-term conflicts. Protests by nurses, workers, teachers, and truck drivers; telecommunications retirees gathered in 9 provinces. The strike of thousands of project workers in oil regions continues. A labor activist stated that the gap between retirees' salaries and the poverty line is more than 20 million tomans. Government employees are on holiday due to the heat; workers in Iran continue to suffer casualties. Economic protests are taking place in 7 provinces of Iran; telecommunications retirees stated: 'Neither the parliament nor the government cares about the nation.' According to an official, the Islamic Republic has formed a group to combat abortion in 250 counties. Economic protests are being held in at least 8 cities in Iran. Economic protests in Iran; retirees in Kermanshah shouted against 'lying officials.'