{"id":236087,"date":"2021-03-09T10:17:21","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T15:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=236087"},"modified":"2023-02-01T05:07:03","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T04:07:03","slug":"core-message-of-retirees-protests-in-iran-a-restive-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/core-message-of-retirees-protests-in-iran-a-restive-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Core Message of Retirees\u2019 Protests in Iran: A Restive Society"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iranprotests2021\" class=\"size-full wp-image-236091 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Iranprotests2021.jpg\" alt=\"Iranprotests2021\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Iranprotests2021.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Iranprotests2021-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Iranprotests2021-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Iranprotests2021-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Iranprotests2021-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Iranprotests2021-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Iranprotests2021-1068x601.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Retirees <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-pensioners-protests-in-21-provinces-and-28-cities-enters-7th-week-protesters-beaten-arrested-in-tehran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">held<\/a> rallies in over 17 cities across Iran on Sunday, for the seventh consecutive week. They are protesting\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">low wages and the regime\u2019s refusal to adjust their pensions based on the devaluation of the rial and the rampant inflation. What message do these protests send?\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Retirees\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-protests-pensioners-20210307\" rel=\"noopener\">chanted<\/a> slogans such as\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The result of the government\u2019s work is plundering the people\u2019s wealth,\u201d<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Our country sits on treasures, but we are living in suffering<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u201d and<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0\u201cHousing and livelihoods are our inalienable rights<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u201d referring to the regime\u2019s institutionalized corruption<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, which is the flip side of people\u2019s poverty. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The protesters\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">demanded\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0implementation of article 96 of the welfare law, which states that pensions must be adjusted to allow pensioners to procure their needs. The protesters are also demanding free health care for pensioners and the prioritization of the pensioners\u2019 demands in\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the regime\u2019s parliament<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0sessions.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">March 7 &#8211; Kermanshah, western <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>Social Security Organization pensioners and retirees holding a protest rally and seeking answers to their economic woes.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YqJvDwGTvF\">pic.twitter.com\/YqJvDwGTvF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1368528419621797894?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 7, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">While the regime and its apologist<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s try to blame United States sanctions for all of Iran\u2019s crises, pensioners chanted: \u201cOur enemy is\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">right\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">here, they lie\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">when they claim it\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">is the U.S.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Pensioners<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2019<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0protests<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0are in line with other\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">daily\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">protests by all walks of life\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">across Iran<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. These protests are spreading and intensifying.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stats.sender.net\/forms\/dGYVLa\/view\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-219239 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1.png\" alt=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1\" width=\"250\" height=\"83\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The regime&#8217;s repressive apparatus<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0fear<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ing<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0the consequences of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">their\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">action<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0had not reacted to the pensioners<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2019<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0protests for the last few weeks. It had only tried to intimidate protesters<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. But this week, the regime arrested several retirees in different cities, including in Tehran. The security forces attacked retirees but due to the protesters\u2019 resistance, they had to back off.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The intensification, increas<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">e<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and spread of protests are sign<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0of the society\u2019s condensed hatred<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">for\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the regime\u2019s actions in the last four<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">decades.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This is society where,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Selling babies has increased<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0due<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">to poverty<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, and retirees and low-income employees have eliminated meat, poultry, and fruit from their diets<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u201d according to the state-run Arman daily on Sunday.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Iranians suffer from poverty, while they live in a country\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">which\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">is one of the most important holders of minerals in the world<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and with 68 types of minerals, 37 billion tons of proven reserves and more than 57 billion tons of potential reserves worth $770 billion in 2014<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, is<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0among the 15 largest mineral<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8211;<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">rich countries in the world<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u201d<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">according to the state-run Iran daily<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2019s article published in June 2014.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Yet, due to the regime\u2019s institutionalized corruption<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, \u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Vegetable oil is scarce in the country. Buying bread on credit and in installments has become a normal routine and the eyes of officials are used to watch the garbage-scavengers crowd<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u201d wrote the state-run Arman on Sunday.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">According to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Arman article, the money which the regime should spend for people goes to the regime\u2019s affiliates\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">who<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">With the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">increasing<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0zeros\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">of [<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">their deposits\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in their] bank accounts,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">are\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">forming the train of corruption, and luxury houses in Turkey, Greece, etc. are their holiday destination<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Yet, according to the state-run\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Jahane<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">-e\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sanat<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0article on Sunday, \u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Workers&#8217; wages hardly cover their expenses for a week, and employers say their backs are bent under rising inflation and they can no longer pay their workers.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In the meantime, \u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">At once the price of a house increases a thousandfold. In one night, people&#8217;s life savings become worthless with the devaluation of the national currency. Their salaries are in Rial, but they have to buy all the goods in dollars. People start living with more inflation than the day before. Even those who are not unemployed and receive salaries many times below the poverty line do not know whether they will be employed tomorrow or not<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u201d the state-run\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mostaghel<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0daily wrote on Sunday.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">These economic\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">grievances<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and the regime\u2019s actions ha<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ve<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0turned the society into a powder keg.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0This is why the regime\u2019s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, rushed to the scene on March 5, shedding crocodile tears for people\u2019s livelihood.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In addition, on Sunday, the regime\u2019s President Hassan Rouhani acknowledged the regime has failed in deceiving people.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">While\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">h<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">e is the regime\u2019s president,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">he\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">complain<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ed that<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">p<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">rice management is not done properly and has put pressure on people&#8217;s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0lives.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The current situation in the country, especially the economic situation and the livelihood of the people, requires that differences be minimized. Destructive and pessimistic waves should not be sent to society through wrong actions, behaviors, and words that undermine the security and social trust of the people<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u201d he added, warning the rival factions over the rising infightings\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">for having more share of power.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The regime tried to use the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/the-coronavirus-crisis-in-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Covid-19 outbreak<\/a> to quell society through cover-up and inaction <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the face of this deadly virus. But the ongoing protests show the regime\u2019s plan has failed.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0regime\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">has two options.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">:\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li data-leveltext=\"%1-\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It could\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">further suppress\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">protests, which would intensify protests. The recent uprising in\u00a0Sistan\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Baluchistan<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0province, southeast Iran, showed how people will react to oppression. The uprising started after the regime\u2019s forces killed deprived fuel porters. Protests rapidly spread across the province, and angry locals stormed the regime\u2019s centers of oppression<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. Protests also caused national <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">solidarity<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"%1-\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The regime could also wait and not oppress\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">protest<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">er<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s. But this w<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ould\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">also increase protests.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As in the last three months, the regime&#8217;s repressive and security tricks have not resulted in preventing these protest movements.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In other words, the regime knows that thes<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">e protests and their increasing\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">leaps to a point and an uprising will erupt<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. This <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-protests-2019-update\/\" rel=\"noopener\">uprising<\/a> will be\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">more<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0volatile and heavier than the ones in January 2018, and November 2019, which rattled the regime&#8217;s foundations.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559685&quot;:360,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Retirees held rallies in over 17 cities across Iran on Sunday, for the seventh consecutive week. 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