Small-scale protests break out across Iranian cities as severe economic crisis deepens
Retired educators, telecommunications workers, and job seekers also reportedly demonstrated on Sunday in Tehran, Ahvaz, Shush, Kermanshah, Dezful, and Rasht.
Retired telecommunications workers, teachers and job seekers have taken to the streets in Tehran and other Iranian cities amid a deepening economic crisis, according to footage shared by the Human Rights Activists News Agency. Retirees in Isfahan and Sanandaj gathered on Sunday, calling for action on rising living costs, pension payments, and adherence to provisions in Iran's Social Security Law.
They also demanded implementation of Article 111, which requires pension and disability payments to be at or above the minimum wage. The statutory minimum wage stands at around 16.6 million tomans, or approximately $1.66 USD, before benefits.
Protests were also reported in Ahvaz, Shush, Kermanshah, Dezful and Rasht, with retired educators, telecommunications workers and job seekers demanding solutions to their economic struggles. Similar demonstrations took place on Monday in Kermanshah province, where retirees called for addressing the cost of living crisis and subsidized medical treatment under supplementary insurance policies.
The protests come as many Iranians, including cancer patients, are reportedly forgoing or delaying critical treatments due to unaffordable healthcare costs. The price of four NovoRapid insulin pens, for example, has risen from 280,000 tomans to roughly 1.1 million tomans after insurance reimbursement, according to Iranian physicians. Additionally, Iran's economy continues to suffer from blackouts, a water crisis, the war with the United States and Israel, and the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, exacerbating the crisis.
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