Cities Across Iran Witness Protest Against the Mullahs’ Regime’s Oppression and Plunder

Families of death row inmates and ‘No to Execution Tuesdays’ campaign rally, coinciding with South Pars workers’ uprising and nationwide protests

From Sunday, November 9, to Tuesday, November 11, various cities in Iran were the scene of widespread protests by different segments of the population against the oppression and plunder of the clerical regime. These ranged from families of prisoners and a nationwide campaign against executions to massive gatherings of workers, retirees, and defrauded investors.

On Tuesday, November 11, 2025:

• Coinciding with the ‘No to Execution Tuesdays ‘ nationwide hunger strike campaign, which took place for the 94th consecutive week in 54 prisons, the families of political prisoners gathered in front of the regime’s judiciary in Tehran. Simultaneously, the families of several political prisoners held a sit-in for the fourth consecutive day in front of Evin Prison. Holding pictures of their loved ones, they demanded an end to torture and executions and the immediate and unconditional release of political prisoners, chanting, ‘Political prisoners must be freed.’ This protest was met with a brutal attack by suppressive forces, who beat the families.
• In the south of the country, more than three thousand contract workers from the first through twelfth refineries of South Pars marched and held a large rally, demanding the implementation of the job classification plan, improved working conditions, and the removal of predatory intermediary companies. This protest is a continuation of demonstrations that began in recent weeks in this industrial hub of Iran. [Video clip attached]
• In Kermanshah, retirees chanted against poverty and high prices with slogans such as, ‘Our enemy is right here; they lie that it’s America,’ and ‘O wealthy Iran, what has become of you?’
• In Mashhad, for the second day, nurses and medical staff held a rally and march.
• Employees of the Welfare Organization in Tehran, Isfahan, Tabriz, and other cities went on strike to protest their meager salaries and discrimination.

On Monday, November 10:

• Workers of the Haft Tappeh Sugarcane Company went on strike and held a protest rally against months of unpaid wages and the regime’s plundering policies that have led to the destruction of this industry.
• A group of defrauded investors from the Caspian credit institution gathered in front of the regime’s Central Bank in Tehran, demanding the return of their plundered capital.
• Nurses at hospitals in Mashhad held a protest rally, chanting, ‘The nurse would rather die than be humiliated,’ ‘Nurse, cry out, shout for your rights,’ and ‘Don’t think it’s for just one day; we’ll be here every day.’

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On Sunday, November 9:

• In Tehran, a large crowd of retirees gathered in front of the regime’s Program and Budget Organization. They expressed their anger and disgust at the government’s plundering policies by chanting slogans such as, ‘Enough with the empty promises, our tables are empty,’ ‘High prices, inflation, are the plague of the people,’ and ‘We won’t rest until we get our rights.’ The protesters demanded the full implementation of the pension equalization law and an improvement in their living conditions.
• Civil service, military, and Social Security retirees, along with other segments of the population fed up with the mullahs’ regime’s oppression and plunder, held rallies and marches in Tehran and various other Iranian cities, including Isfahan, Ahvaz, Kermanshah, Shush, and Rasht, to protest poverty, high prices, and the failure to meet their demands.
• Telecommunication retirees held protest gatherings in Tehran, Shiraz, Tabriz, Rasht, Qazvin, Hamedan, Kermanshah, Sanandaj, Qom, and Bijar. They chanted, ‘Our rights are only won on the streets,’ ‘We won’t rest until we get our rights,’ ‘Both the parliament and the government lie to the nation,’ and ‘A nation has never seen such injustice.’
• In Isfahan, steel and mine retirees held a protest rally in front of the provincial governor’s office.
• In Ahvaz, a large group of retirees also held a similar rally, emphasizing their demands.
• These protests reflect the economic bankruptcy and political deadlock of a regime that has no answer for the countless pains of the Iranian people other than suppression and plunder. The continuation of these uprisings demonstrates the firm resolve of the people to reclaim their trampled rights and completely reject the ruling dictatorship.

Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)

12 November 2025