{"id":6757,"date":"2025-09-16T06:25:59","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T06:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bciran.org\/wplocationen\/?p=6757"},"modified":"2025-09-16T06:25:59","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T06:25:59","slug":"at-least-27-protest-gatherings-held","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bciran.org\/wplocationen\/labor-and-guilds\/at-least-27-protest-gatherings-held","title":{"rendered":"At least 27 protest gatherings held"},"content":{"rendered":"

15 September 2025<\/strong>
\nNews Group: Protests \u2013 Pensioners \u2013 Workers and Guilds \u2013<\/strong>
\nBreathing in Confinement \u2013<\/strong> At least 27 protest gatherings were held in various parts of the country. Different groups of people, including pensioners, workers, educational staff, volunteers, and patients, took part in these protests to voice their opposition to poor living conditions, oppression and injustice, government neglect, and the violation of their rights.<\/p>\n

According to reporters of Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners\u2019 Rights League in Iran, retired telecommunications workers in the cities of Kermanshah, Tabriz, Sanandaj, Isfahan, Bijar, Tehran, Zanjan, Ahvaz, Marivan, Rasht, and Hamedan gathered in protest against the continued oppression by the Executive Headquarters and the IRGC\u2019s Cooperative Foundation, their refusal to comply with Regulation 89\/24, the non-payment of their entitlements, poverty, inflation, unfulfilled promises, and disregard for their demands. Pensioners chanted slogans such as: \u201cEnough with promises, our tables are empty,\u201d \u201cCry out, cry out against all this injustice,\u201d \u201cMobin Trust of the IRGC has stolen our rights,\u201d \u201cPensioner, raise your voice, demand your rights,\u201d \u201cThe pensioner is awake, weary of oppression and injustice,\u201d \u201cShame on you, incompetent manager,\u201d and \u201cThe treacherous shareholder has ruined the company.\u201d<\/p>\n

Workers of the National Steel Group in Ahvaz, for the third consecutive day, gathered in front of the company\u2019s management building. Their main demands included the immediate payment of overdue wages, settlement of debts to the Social Security Organisation, provision of supplementary insurance, and transparency in contracts.<\/p>\n

Workers of the South Pars Gas Complex\u2014including employees at Refineries 2 and 12, staff at Pars Gas Complex Site 1 in Asaluyeh, Site 2 in Kangan, the 40 POGC platforms, staff of the Oil and Gas Exploitation Company in Asaluyeh Special Zone, South Pars Gas Company (SPGC), oil and gas workers on Lavan Island, and Fajr Jam Gas Refinery\u2014protested against incomplete wage payments and discriminatory pay practices. They demanded full implementation of allowances for operational zones, removal of the wage cap, full payment of severance, cancellation of unlawful pension deductions, reimbursement of illegally withheld taxes, and enforcement of Article 10 of the Ministry of Oil\u2019s duties and powers. Workers chanted: \u201cIf you want sustainable production, remove the wage cap,\u201d \u201cOur professional slogan is justice, justice,\u201d \u201cUnjust segregation must be abolished,\u201d \u201cPayment restrictions must be lifted,\u201d and \u201cOur professional slogan is justice, justice. Parliament! Ministry! Shame on you, shame on you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Literacy Movement instructors gathered in front of the Ministry of Education to protest against broken promises, the failure to issue the decree on part-time teaching, and the uncertainty of their employment status. They chanted: \u201cLiteracy instructors, raise your voice, demand your rights,\u201d and \u201cRetired staff have taken our place.\u201d<\/p>\n

Candidates of the 2025 medical specialty exam protested against the conduct of the exam, the failure to publish answer sheets, and poor exam quality. They called for transparency, fairness, and accountability from the organisers.<\/p>\n

Medical residents gathered in front of the Ministry of Health to protest against the ministry\u2019s unplanned decisions and actions restricting certification rights, which threaten their career prospects. They chanted: \u201cUnplanned actions are condemned, condemned.\u201d<\/p>\n

Customers of Kousha Khodro held a protest against the company\u2019s failure to deliver cars more than a year past the promised date, its lack of accountability, and the absence of government oversight by the Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade.<\/p>\n

Workers of Zamyad Company protested the non-payment of overdue benefits\u2014including bonuses, cash allowances, and basic provisions\u2014as well as the suspension of overtime pay and prevention of labour representative elections.<\/p>\n

A group of patients and their families gathered in front of the Food and Drug Administration to protest shortages of medicine and the threats posed to their health.<\/p>\n

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