{"id":6021,"date":"2025-05-18T09:34:33","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T09:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bciran.org\/wplocationen\/?p=6021"},"modified":"2025-05-18T09:34:33","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T09:34:33","slug":"at-least-fifteen-protest-gatherings-held-by-various-sectors-from-bakers-and-farmers-to-workers-and-housing-applicants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bciran.org\/wplocationen\/labor-and-guilds\/at-least-fifteen-protest-gatherings-held-by-various-sectors-from-bakers-and-farmers-to-workers-and-housing-applicants","title":{"rendered":"At Least Fifteen Protest Gatherings Held by Various Sectors, from Bakers and Farmers to Workers and Housing Applicants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Certainly. Here is the English translation of the text, following your preferences:<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>17 May 2025<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>News outlet: Protests \u2013 Laborers and Guilds<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Breathing in Confinement<\/strong> \u2013 On Sunday, 16 May 2025, at least 15 protest gatherings were held across the country in response to economic hardships and professional grievances.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Statistics Centre of Breathing in Confinement, affiliated with the Prisoners\u2019 Rights League in Iran, bakers in the cities of Isfahan, Mashhad, Qom, Birjand, Ahvaz, Kermanshah, Mahshahr, Ilam, and also the village of Najmabad (part of Nazarabad County in Alborz Province) held protest gatherings. They protested the non-payment of bakery subsidies, poor performance of the Nanino system, fixed bread prices despite rising costs, and frequent power outages.<\/p>\n<p>In Mashhad, in a symbolic act, bakers handed in their point-of-sale (POS) devices. Some of the slogans chanted by protesters included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cWe don\u2019t want empty promises,\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cDeath to Nanino,\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cNanino shame on you \u2013 leave the bakeries alone,\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cEnough with the promises \u2013 our table is empty,\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWe\u2019re all bakers and we hate Nanino.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Meanwhile, in Ahvaz, farmers from Khuzestan staged a protest over the poor state of agriculture and the lack of any prospects for autumn planting.<\/p>\n<p>Aluminium factory workers in Arak gathered outside their workplace in protest at repeated power outages and the looming threat of the factory shutting down. Their main concern was the halt in production and the risk of unemployment.<\/p>\n<p>In Rafsanjan, farmers protested in front of the governor\u2019s office over the drying of pistachio trees caused by water shortages and repeated power cuts to agricultural wells. They brought samples of their damaged crops with them.<\/p>\n<p>Staff of Refah chain stores gathered in front of the company\u2019s headquarters in Tehran, protesting the non-payment of three months\u2019 wages.<\/p>\n<p>In Kashan, housing applicants protested in front of the governor\u2019s office over unfulfilled promises by officials regarding housing provision.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, contract workers of the Telecommunications Company in East Azerbaijan Province held a protest over job insecurity, lack of insurance, low wages and benefits, and the flawed implementation of the job classification law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Certainly. Here is the English translation of the text, following your preferences: 17 May 2025 News outlet: Protests &ndash; Laborers and Guilds Breathing in Confinement &ndash; On Sunday, 16 May 2025, at least 15 protest gatherings were held across the country in response to economic hardships and professional grievances. 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