Ongoing protests in Iran over pensions, pay and social conditions

World Socialist Website 5 December 2024

On Monday, retirees of the Telecommunications Company of Iran (TCI) held rallies in various cities demanding overdue pensions and protesting the inadequate level of their pensions eroded by inflation.

The protests took place in several cities including Isfahan, Sanandaj, Rasht, Urmia and Zanjan. Protests also took place in the capital city, Tehran, where retirees gathered outside TCI provincial headquarters to push their demands.

In Astaneh-ye Ashrafiyeh, in Gilan province, residents held a protest against a newly installed rubbish incinerator, which they say damages the environment and affects their health.

Students and environmental activists rallied in Yasuj, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province to protest the building of dams, which they say will damage the protected Dena ecosystem, deprive farmers of water and threaten biodiversity.

In Ilam, former workers of the Arghavan Petrochemical Company, along with their families, protested outside the office of the provincial governor. They demanded financial assistance after being laid off at short notice.

On Tuesday, disabled people protested in the city of Sari, gathering outside the Welfare Organisation office. They called for the government to implement a law requiring it to meet the basic needs of disabled people.

Also Tuesday, schoolchildren in Ezhiyeh rallied to protest inadequate heating in their schools. In Mashhad, parents of special needs children held protests against the high cost of transport to take the children to school. They were previously promised free transport.

In Mashhad, workers at the Tus power plant rallied for overdue wages and improved working conditions.

Unemployment in Iran was almost 10 percent in 2023, with inflation hitting 31.7 percent this year. Living standards have been badly hit by US sanctions and are set to grow worse as US and Israel war preparations against the country escalate.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/05/knsa-d05.html

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