{"id":335118,"date":"2025-08-03T21:36:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T20:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=335118"},"modified":"2025-08-03T21:58:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T20:58:46","slug":"iran-protests-surge-as-workers-and-engineers-challenge-regimes-failures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/iran-protests-surge-as-workers-and-engineers-challenge-regimes-failures\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Protests Surge as Workers and Engineers Challenge Regime\u2019s Failures"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tehran \u2013 August 3, 2025 \u2013 Retired Education Workers Protest Outside Parliament and Budget Organization Office<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On August 3, 2025, a concurrent wave of protests<\/a> swept across Iran, revealing the profound depth of public fury against the clerical regime. From the capital Tehran<\/strong> to cities like Sanandaj<\/strong>, Isfahan<\/strong>, and Nurabad Mamasani<\/strong>, Iranians from all walks of life took to the streets. These are not isolated incidents of discontent but clear symptoms of a collapsing state, where systemic corruption and gross incompetence have united unpaid laborers, skilled professionals, and ordinary citizens in a common and escalating struggle.<\/p>\n

Unpaid Wages and Broken Promises<\/h2>\n

In Sanandaj<\/strong>, the capital of Kurdistan province, municipal workers gathered outside the city\u2019s main administration building to protest not having received their wages for five months. These workers, who have been denied their basic right to a livelihood, also reported facing severe problems with their health insurance, underscoring a broader breakdown in essential services. Their protest was a stark indictment of a system that has abandoned its most fundamental obligations. One protester captured the sense of utter negligence, stating, “No one is held accountable.”<\/p>\n

Simultaneously in Isfahan<\/strong>, retired steel and mine workers staged a protest, decrying their dire economic conditions. These pensioners are demanding the regime honor its legal commitments and implement pension equalization laws as stipulated in the country\u2019s seventh development plan. Their gathering is part of a persistent, nationwide movement of retirees who have been pushed into poverty by the government\u2019s chronic economic mismanagement and failure to fulfill its own laws.<\/p>\n

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August 3\u2014Sanandaj, western Iran
Protest by municipal workers in Sanandaj, who have not received their salaries for five months and are facing very poor living conditions for themselves and their families.#IranProtests<\/a>pic.twitter.com\/McBXDjH8hR<\/a><\/p>\n

— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) August 3, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n