1 May 2025
\nNews category: Protests \u2013 Pensioners \u2013 Labor and Guilds<\/p>\n
Breathing in Confinement \u2013 On Thursday, 1 May 2025, at least twelve protest gatherings were held.<\/p>\n
According to the Statistics Center of the Prisoners\u2019 Rights League in Iran, Breathing in Confinement, on International Workers\u2019 Day, active and retired teachers gathered in the cities of Shiraz, Nourabad Mamasani, Harsin, Eslamabad-e Gharb, Tehran, Kermanshah, Bushehr, and Hamedan, as well as workers and retirees in Tehran at the House of Workers, to mark the occasion and protest the lack of attention to their demands. In some cities, including Tehran, Bushehr, and Hamedan, security forces attacked the demonstrators. Four teachers were arrested in Tehran and one in Hamedan.<\/p>\n
Applicants for the National Housing Project in Qazvin gathered outside the Governor\u2019s Office to protest the authorities\u2019 failure to address their concerns, calling for transparency and accountability. Among the slogans chanted by protesters were:
\n\u201cWe live below the poverty line\u2014let\u2019s fight!\u201d
\n\u201cWe don\u2019t want incompetent officials!\u201d
\n\u201cDon\u2019t think this is a one-off\u2014we\u2019re here every day!\u201d
\n\u201cThe contractor betrays, the government excuses!\u201d<\/p>\n
Social security pensioners in Arak protested low pensions, discrimination and inequality, poor living conditions, poverty, inflation, and soaring prices. They demanded improved pensions, welfare services, free healthcare, and action on their other demands.<\/p>\n
Bakers from Rasht and surrounding areas gathered outside the Governor\u2019s Office to protest unpaid bakery subsidies and stagnant bread prices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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