Coordinated gathering of thousands of retirees in various cities of Iran
Thousands of retirees gathered in various cities of Iran, including Tehran, Ahvaz, and Tabriz, to protest the process of implementing equal rights.
According to information and videos published on social networks, in recent days, a number of social security retirees in various cities in Iran have gathered in front of their city's administrative buildings, including the governor's office, the governor's office, and the social security office, and in Tehran in front of the parliament building.
Protesting the poor living conditions and inflation prevailing in Iran, these retirees held a number of placards and chanted slogans including "Expensiveness and inflation are the scourge of people's lives" and "Increasing salaries with inflation is our inalienable right." They demanded that the promises of the officials be fulfilled and that Article 111 of the Social Security Law be strictly implemented and that their rights be equalized.
According to Article 111 of the Social Security Law, the minimum pension for retired workers should not be less than the minimum wage set for employed workers, a law that, according to these retirees, has not been implemented to date.
Ahwazi retirees demanded justice in social security in their rally:
Retirees in Tehran also say that determining pensions based on the minimum wage is arbitrary and illegal:
This is not the first time that retirees in Iran have held large-scale rallies in various cities across Iran. Over the past years, retirees have also held large-scale rallies to criticize the performance of the government and members of parliament, demanding that their demands be addressed, such as equalizing rights and strict implementation of the Civil Service Management Law.
The poor economic situation has worsened in recent months as new dimensions of widespread financial corruption by individuals and institutions affiliated with the Islamic Republic regime are revealed every day. These include cases of economic corruption involving individuals close to the government and the Iranian regime's unlimited financial support for terrorist groups such as Hezbollah and Hamas.
The United States says the Islamic Republic is spending its wealth on supporting terrorist groups and destabilizing the Middle East instead of its people. The United States says the Islamic Republic is spending its wealth on supporting terrorist groups and destabilizing the Middle East instead of its people. The United States has also repeatedly condemned institutionalized financial corruption and the looting of Iran’s God-given assets by affiliates of the ruling regime in the country, and has considered them to be among the main causes of Iran’s economic and financial problems.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo recently said: "The Iranian people have spoken out clearly. They have rejected forty years of corruption and abuse and have called for an end to the dictatorship and an end to the preference for foreign actors over the interests of the Iranian people."
Source: Voice of America
