Fourteen Protest Gatherings Held, Including Telecommunications Retirees’ Protests
29-April-2025
Category: protesters، Retirees
April 28, 2025
News Category: Protests – Retirees
Breathing in Confinement – On Monday, April 28, 2025, at least fourteen protest gatherings and demonstrations took place across Iran.
According to the Statistics Center of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Breathing in Confinement, telecommunications retirees organized protest marches and gatherings in the cities of Kermanshah, Bijar, Rasht, Zanjan, Tehran, Tabriz, Marivan, Sanandaj, Isfahan, Khorramabad, Ilam, and Ahvaz. Protesters denounced ongoing oppression by the Executive Headquarters and the IRGC’s Cooperative Foundation, their refusal to comply with Regulation 89/24, and the failure to settle retirees’ outstanding claims.
Participants expressed solidarity with victims of the recent explosion at Rajaei Port, which resulted in dozens of deaths. Their chants included calls such as “Death to the oppressor,” “Shame on the lying shareholders,” “Condolences to Iran,” “Condolences to Hormozgan,” and “Condolences to Bandar Abbas.” They also protested against mismanagement and injustice, chanting “An incompetent minister: a school is not a military base,” “Death to looters,” “The Headquarters of the Imam’s Command has stolen our rights,” “The IRGC’s Etamad Mobin has stolen our rights,” “No nation has ever witnessed such injustice,” “Both Parliament and the government lie to the people,” “We have seen no justice, only lies,” “The company has been torn apart amid rampant profiteering,” and “Our salaries are in rials, but our expenses are in dollars.”
In a separate demonstration, members of the Vang Cooperative in Zanjan gathered in front of the Governor’s Office, protesting the lack of government support for domestic production and the failure to address the cooperative’s problems.
Additionally, retirees from Farhangian University from across the country assembled in front of the university’s Tehran campus, demanding the implementation of pension equalization measures that authorities had previously promised but failed to deliver.