{"id":239397,"date":"2021-05-09T13:58:48","date_gmt":"2021-05-09T18:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=239397"},"modified":"2023-03-28T17:16:22","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T16:16:22","slug":"iran-nationwide-rallies-by-retirees-and-students-despite-repressive-measures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-nationwide-rallies-by-retirees-and-students-despite-repressive-measures\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran: Nationwide Rallies By Retirees And Students Despite Repressive Measures"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_239403\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-239403\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-239403 size-full\" title=\"Protest-rally-3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-3.jpg\" alt=\"Isfahan \u2013 Protest rally in front of the Social Security Organization \u2013 May 9, 2021\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-3.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-3-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-3-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-3-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-3-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-239403\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Isfahan \u2013 Protest rally in front of the Social Security Organization \u2013 May 9, 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/NCRI-50.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-218888 alignleft\" title=\"NCRI-50\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/NCRI-50.jpg\" alt=\"NCRI logo\" width=\"75\" height=\"69\" \/><\/a>&#8220;We will not vote anymore, we\u2019ve heard too many lies; &#8220;<\/h2>\n<h3>&#8220;Down with Rouhani; free imprisoned workers &#8220;<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Despite the clerical regime&#8217;s repressive measures, on Sunday, May 9, 2021, retirees and social security pensioners in Tehran and 12 other cities took to the streets again protesting against the unbearable living conditions and the below-poverty line salaries. In Tehran, repressive forces and plainclothes agents gathered in front of the Social Security Organization to prevent the formation of the retirees\u2019 protest rally.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In addition to Tehran, retirees and pensioners gathered outside social security offices in Borujerd, Karaj, Tabriz, Mashhad, Rasht, Khorramabad, Sanandaj, Isfahan, Kermanshah, Shiraz, Shush, and Marand. They chanted: &#8220;Only by taking to the streets, we can get our rights,&#8221; &#8220;Our salary is in rials, while our expenses are in dollars,&#8221; &#8220;Social Security, the name does not match the doings,&#8221; &#8220;Retirees stand up against oppression&#8221;, &#8220;We are facing the Coronavirus crisis, and discrimination and nobody (the regime) cares about us,&#8221; &#8220;We will not vote anymore, we have heard too many lies,&#8221; &#8220;Down with Rouhani,&#8221; and &#8221; Imprisoned workers must be released.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the same time, for several consecutive days running, students gathered in front of the Education Departments in Bandar Abbas, Tabriz, Kerman, Mashhad, Qom, and Karaj, protesting against in-person exams, which would lead to spreading <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/coronavirus-in-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">COVID-19<\/a> among students and their families. They chanted, &#8220;We do not want the in-person exams,&#8221; The repressive State Security Force and plainclothes agents attempted to stop these gatherings and to prevent the news of the gatherings from spreading. They confiscated the mobile phone of those who were filming. Several students were arrested in Mashhad.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Secretariat of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/alternative\/\" rel=\"noopener\">National Council of Resistance of Iran<\/a> (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/the-national-council-resistance-iran-ncri\" rel=\"noopener\">NCRI<\/a>)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>May 9, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_239405\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-239405\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-239405 size-full\" title=\"Protest-rally-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-1.jpg\" alt=\"Tehran \u2013 Protest rally in front of the Social Security Organization \u2013 May 9, 2021\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-1-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-1-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-1-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-239405\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tehran \u2013 Protest rally in front of the Social Security Organization \u2013 May 9, 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_239404\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-239404\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-239404 size-full\" title=\"Protest-rally-2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-2.jpg\" alt=\"Karaj \u2013 Protest rally in front of the Social Security Organization \u2013 May 9, 2021\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-2-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-2-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-2-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-2-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-239404\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Karaj \u2013 Protest rally in front of the Social Security Organization \u2013 May 9, 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_239403\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-239403\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-239403 size-full\" title=\"Protest-rally-3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-3.jpg\" alt=\"Isfahan \u2013 Protest rally in front of the Social Security Organization \u2013 May 9, 2021\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-3.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-3-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-3-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-3-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-3-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-239403\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Isfahan \u2013 Protest rally in front of the Social Security Organization \u2013 May 9, 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_239399\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-239399\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-239399 size-full\" title=\"Protest-rally-4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-4.jpg\" alt=\"Protest-rally-4\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-4.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-4-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-4-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-4-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-4-696x392.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-239399\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shiraz \u2013 Protest rally in front of the Social Security Organization \u2013 May 9, 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_239400\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-239400\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-5.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-239400 size-full\" title=\"Protest-rally-5\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-5.jpg\" alt=\"Protest-rally-5\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-5.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-5-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-5-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-5-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-5-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-239400\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tabriz \u2013 Protest rally in front of the Social Security Organization \u2013 May 9, 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_239401\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-239401\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-6.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-239401 size-full\" title=\"Protest-rally-6\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-6.jpg\" alt=\"Protest-rally-6\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-6.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-6-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-6-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-6-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-6-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-239401\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rasht \u2013 Protest rally in front of the Social Security Organization \u2013 May 9, 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_239402\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-239402\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-7.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-239402 size-full\" title=\"Protest-rally-7\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-7.jpg\" alt=\"Protest-rally-7\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-7.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-7-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-7-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-7-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-7-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-239402\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sanandaj \u2013 Protest rally in front of the Social Security Organization \u2013 May 9, 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_239398\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-239398\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-8.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-239398 size-full\" title=\"Protest-rally-8\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-8.jpg\" alt=\"Protest-rally-8\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-8.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-8-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-8-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-8-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-8-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-239398\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kermanshah \u2013 Protest rally in front of the Social Security Organization \u2013 May 9, 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_239406\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-239406\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-9.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-239406 size-full\" title=\"Protest-rally-9\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-9.jpg\" alt=\"Protest-rally-9\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-9.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-9-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-9-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-9-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Protest-rally-9-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-239406\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hashtgerd and Bandar Abbas- Protest rally against taking in-person exams- May 9, 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stats.sender.net\/forms\/dGYVLa\/view\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-219239 aligncenter\" title=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-300x100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Weekly-Signe-up-logo-300x100.png\" alt=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-300x100\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&ldquo;We will not 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