On November 11, 2025, a powerful wave of protests swept across Iran, revealing the profound and systemic crisis gripping the nation under the clerical regime. The country witnessed simultaneous demonstrations by nurses, oil workers, government employees, retirees, and human rights activists. This convergence was not a series of isolated grievances but a unified national outcry against the corruption, economic ruin, and brutal repression that define the ruling theocracy.
The Collapse of Public Services
The regime’s chronic mismanagement has pushed Iran’s essential public services to the brink of collapse, with frontline workers leading the charge of dissent. In Mashhad, nurses at Imam Reza Hospital held their second consecutive day of protests, their chants of “Resign, resign, resign!” echoing through the halls. Placards with slogans like “Without nurses, the system collapses” highlighted their critical role and the state’s utter neglect. This scene was repeated across the country, with reports of similar protests by healthcare staff in Kermanshah, Yasuj, and Tabriz.
November 11—Mashhad, northeast Iran
For the second day, nurses at Imam Reza Hospital rallied to protest poor wages, harsh work conditions, and unkept promises by officials.#IranProtests pic.twitter.com/MwPumHUy9Q— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) November 11, 2025
This breakdown extends beyond healthcare. On the same day, employees of the state Welfare Organization staged a nationwide protest in cities including Tehran, Isfahan, and Khorramabad, decrying poverty-level wages. One employee in Tehran, holding a master’s degree with over 15 years of service, revealed his monthly salary is approximately 14 million tomans and asked, “Can one live on this?” Instead of addressing their legitimate concerns, regime officials reportedly resorted to intimidation, with some managers locking the doors of buildings and threatening striking employees with disciplinary action.
Workers Demand Their Rights
The unrest has reached the heart of Iran’s economy. A massive rally of over 3,000 contract workers at the South Pars gas complex brought the strategic energy sector to the forefront of the protests. Continuing a movement that began on October 28, the workers marched on the company’s headquarters, demanding an end to systemic wage discrimination, the implementation of fair job classification, and improved two-week-on, two-week-off work schedules. Their organized and specific demands underscore that those who generate the nation’s wealth are being systematically denied their fair share.
November 11—Asaluyeh, southern Iran
More than 3,000 contract workers at South Pars gas refineries rallied to protest wage discrimination and unfair pay policies.
They denounced inequality in salaries and demanded justice and equal rights.#IranProtests pic.twitter.com/kNkJcwfLXs— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) November 11, 2025
Confronting State-Sanctioned Corruption
Across the country, citizens confronted the regime not just for its incompetence, but for its corruption and violent defense of the plunderers. In Kermanshah, retirees took to the streets with explicitly political chants that shattered the regime’s propaganda. They shouted, “Our enemy is right here; they lie saying it’s America,” and asked of their resource-rich nation, “Iran is full of wealth, what has happened to you?”
Meanwhile, in Qazvin, the regime’s brutality was on full display. Security forces violently suppressed a planned gathering of citizens defrauded by the state-linked Taravat Novin Rezayat Khodro company. Victims, who had lost their life savings over ten years, were met with overwhelming force that prevented them from even assembling.
November 11—Kermanshah, western Iran
Retirees gathered outside the Pension Fund to protest poverty, broken promises, and demand lasting welfare and fair pensions.
Protesters chanted: "Our enemy is here — They're lying that it's America."#IranProtests pic.twitter.com/HMZQ6mmGLj— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) November 11, 2025
Eyewitnesses reported that several protesters, including a woman with her child, were physically assaulted. One furious protester exclaimed, “Our money has been stolen… but the security forces are defending those who have taken the people’s money! They have even given awards to the fraudsters, but the protesting people are met with violence and suppression!”
The Unyielding Campaign Against Execution
Beyond the economic crisis, a powerful and organized movement continued its direct challenge to the regime’s primary tool of domestic terror: the death penalty. The “No to Executions Tuesdays” campaign marked its 94th consecutive week in 54 prisons across Iran.
At the same time families of death-row prisoners and activists held gatherings in dozens of cities, including Tehran, Ahvaz, Kermanshah, Rasht, and Sanandaj. Despite facing intense pressure and threats from security forces, this sustained campaign proves that the demand for fundamental human rights has become a resilient national movement.
November 11—Iran
In tandem with the 94th week of the "No to Executions Tuesdays" campaign in 54 prisons across Iran, families of death-row political prisoners rally to call for an end to executions.#IranProtests pic.twitter.com/Cq3LNqXG6u— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) November 11, 2025
The events of November 11 paint an undeniable picture of a society that has reached its boiling point. From the hospitals of Mashhad to the gas fields of the south, the Iranian people are united in their rejection of a corrupt and incompetent dictatorship. The grievances are too deep and the anger too widespread to be quelled by hollow promises or brutal force. The protests demonstrate that the fundamental problem is not a single policy but the entirety of a system, ruled by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, that has plundered the nation’s wealth and crushed its people’s spirit.