{"id":328899,"date":"2025-02-23T21:22:03","date_gmt":"2025-02-23T20:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=328899"},"modified":"2025-02-23T21:24:31","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T20:24:31","slug":"iran-protests-february-23-retirees-students-and-workers-take-to-the-streets-as-crackdown-intensifies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/iran-protests-february-23-retirees-students-and-workers-take-to-the-streets-as-crackdown-intensifies\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Protests on February 23: Retirees, Students, and Workers Take to the Streets as Crackdown Intensifies"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Retired workers in Shush, southern Iran, protest economic hardship and government neglect \u2013 February 23, 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On February 23, Iran witnessed a new wave of protests across multiple cities as retirees, students, and investors took to the streets to demand their rights amid worsening economic conditions and government corruption.<\/p>\n

In Isfahan<\/strong>, central Iran, steel and mining retirees marched on Neshat Street, chanting, “Our enemy is right here, they lie that it\u2019s America,” and “Neither the parliament nor the government cares about the people.” Their slogans reflected mounting frustration with the regime\u2019s mismanagement and failure to address economic grievances.<\/p>\n

In Ahvaz<\/strong>, southern Iran, Social Security retirees rallied with demands for their unpaid pensions, chanting, “They looted Social Security, leaving us destitute” and “We don\u2019t want charity, we demand our rights with dignity.” Protests extended to the city of Shush<\/strong>, southern Iran, where demonstrators decried inflation and government mismanagement with slogans like, “Inflation has broken the people\u2019s backs” and “From Khuzestan to Gilan, down with corrupt officials.”<\/p>\n

In Tehran<\/strong>, the nation’s capital, those who had invested in Farda Motor staged a demonstration demanding accountability for unfulfilled promises by the company, another sign of growing unrest over financial corruption and fraud.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, protests erupted at the University of Tehran<\/strong> over the recent killing of Amir Mohammad Khaleghi, a 19-year-old student stabbed near the university dormitory on February 12. Students gathered outside the central library, chanting, “Law enforcement, security officials\u2014you are responsible for this crime!” and “So many morality police, but not one real guardian.”<\/p>\n

Authorities deployed security forces at university gates to intimidate demonstrators, while students denounced the regime\u2019s failure to provide campus security. Some slogans directly called out plainclothes agents involved in repression: “Security guards in disguise, they\u2019re just plainclothes forces.”<\/p>\n

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More footage of the protest rally by retirees of the steel and mines industry in Isfahan.
Protesters chant, "Neither the government nor the parliament care about the people."#IranProtests<\/a>pic.twitter.com\/1RpBkurBO5<\/a><\/p>\n

— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) February 23, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n