{"id":242494,"date":"2021-07-04T01:32:28","date_gmt":"2021-07-04T06:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=242494"},"modified":"2023-01-30T13:15:40","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T12:15:40","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-july-4-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-july-4-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief – July 4, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Iran-National-Exam-05\"<\/a><\/h2>\n

THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/h2>\n

UPDATE: 8:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

Protests and Rallies Continued on Sunday<\/h3>\n

Today in Tehran, young teachers gathered outside the Ministry of Education to demand official jobs. They have been sleeping on the streets for the past few nights and say they will not leave until they get their rights. Also, school janitors gathered outside the Ministry of Education to express their economic woes. “We won’t back down till we get our rights!” “Poverty line is 10mln; Our wages are 3mln!” they chanted.<\/p>\n

Cattle ranchers in Ahvaz, northwest of Iran, gathered outside the local mayor’s office protesting the rising price of their livestock feed while the price of their goods are decreasing, making it extremely difficult to put food on the table for their families. Also in Ahvaz, a group of retired steelworkers rallied outside the ram’s Social Security Dept of Khuzestan Province demanding higher wages&overdue pensions.<\/p>\n

Farmers gathered today outside the Governor’s Office in Shush to demand their water rights and protest a ban on farming in the summer. Also in Shush, Social Security pensioners gathered today outside the Social Security Org. to express their economic grievances. They say their pensions put them under the line of poverty. Municipal workers in Khorramshahr continued their protest today and marched on the streets to demand 6 months of their unpaid wages and 10 months of their unpaid insurance. Elsewhere in southern Iran, pest control workers of Haft-Tappeh Sugarcane Complex continued their strike for the eighth consecutive day. They are around 160 workers protesting the complex’s refusal to extend their contracts.<\/p>\n

In Isfahan, Steel Company pensioners gathered today to protest the inadequacies of their health insurance and express their economic woes.<\/p>\n

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July 4 – Ahvaz, southwest #Iran<\/a>
A group of retired steel workers rallied outside the regime's Social Security Department of Khuzestan Province demanding higher wages and overdue pensions.#IranProtests<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/BsssCN82wp<\/a><\/p>\n

— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) July 4, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n