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On Tuesday, January 26, according to reports tallied by Iran\u2019s main opposition group, the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK<\/a>), large rallies were held in major Iranian cities by retirees and social security pensioners, based on a previous call to protest.<\/p>\n Most of the protesters are unable to work or earn any more during their retirement and suffer from difficult living conditions and illness. The demonstrators protested the meager pensions they receive and their inadequacy. Some of the slogans in these protests included: \u201cWe will not give up until we get our rights,\u201d \u201cWe cry out against injustice,\u201d \u201cOur rights are only achieved by taking to the streets,\u201d and \u201cOur tables are empty, enough with the promises.\u201d<\/p>\n The regime\u2019s security forces attacked the rallies which was organized by the social security retirees and pensioners in different Iranian cities.<\/p>\n Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), hailed the arisen retirees.<\/p>\n \u201cHail to the deprived retirees in Tehran, Kermanshah, Qazvin, Karaj, Sari, Rasht, Ahvaz, Neyshabour, Khorramabad, Ilam, Arak, Isfahan, Tabriz, Mashhad, Ardabil, and other cities across Iran,\u201d wrote Mrs. Rajavi in her message. She mentioned that the Iranian retirees held protests with chants of \u201cour baskets are empty, enough with hollow promises\u201d and \u201cpeople are fed up with high prices and inflation.\u201d<\/p>\n Iranian retirees held protests with chants of \u201cour baskets are empty, enough with hollow promises\u201d and \u201cpeople are fed up with high prices and inflation.\u201d #IranProtests<\/a><\/p>\n — Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) January 26, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n