“We will fight, we will die, we will take back our rights,” “Our enemy is right here, they lie that it is America.”
Today, Monday, 2 November 2026, telecom retirees held protest gatherings in Kermanshah, Tehran (Sardar-e Jangal area), Sanandaj, Bijar, Khorramabad, Isfahan, Ilam, Boroujerd, Hamedan, and other cities, protesting against their living conditions, unpaid demands, and the performance of the Execution of Imam Khomeini’s Order and the IRGC cooperative foundation.
On Sunday, 1 November 2026, steel and iron foundry retirees in Isfahan held a protest gathering and march in front of the Isfahan Governor’s office. On the same day, Social Security retirees in Shush, Ahvaz, Kermanshah, Tehran, and Dezful gathered in front of the relevant offices, protesting against high prices, inflation, declining purchasing power, medical costs, and supplementary insurance. Retirees and educators in Rasht also held protest gatherings.
Retirees chanted slogans: “We swear on the blood of the fallen, we will stand to the end until the revocation of death sentences,” “Cry out against all this oppression,” “Political prisoners must be released,” “Detained protestesrs must be released,” “Worker prisoners must be released,” “Teacher prisoners must be released,” “Death to high prices, poverty, war, and destruction,” “Our rights will only be gained in the streets,” “Solidarity and unity end oppression and tyranny,” “Hey head of the government, you lied to the people,” “Our enemy is right here, they lie that it is America,” “They plundered the Social Security funds and made us destitute,” “We will fight, we will die, we will take back our rights,” and “Street by street, barricades of the working people.”
Drivers of private sector buses on the Yazd city transit line have been on strike since 31 October 2026, due to the rising costs of oil and tires, and this strike continued until today, 2 November 2026.
On 31 October 2026, farmers in Garmsar protested regarding the water rights of the Hableh-Rood River. A group of people in Zahedan gathered on the same day, in front of the Zahedan Oil Products Distribution Company building, protesting the cut in kerosene rations on the eve of the cold season.
On 28 October 2026, a group of pharmacists from the provinces of East Azerbaijan, Fars, Razavi Khorasan, and Kerman gathered in front of the Governor’s office building, protesting the more than 10-month delay by insurance organizations in paying the demands of pharmacies.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)
2 November 2026