{"id":338201,"date":"2025-10-14T20:10:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T19:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=338201"},"modified":"2025-10-14T20:10:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T19:10:17","slug":"protests-erupt-across-iran-as-pensioners-teachers-denounce-corruption-and-executions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/protests-erupt-across-iran-as-pensioners-teachers-denounce-corruption-and-executions\/","title":{"rendered":"Protests Erupt Across Iran as Pensioners, Teachers Denounce Corruption and Executions"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_338202\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-338202\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-338202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Protest-by-retirees-of-different-sectors-in-Kermanshah-October-14-2025.jpg\" alt=\"Protest by retirees of different sectors in Kermanshah (October 14, 2025)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Protest-by-retirees-of-different-sectors-in-Kermanshah-October-14-2025.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Protest-by-retirees-of-different-sectors-in-Kermanshah-October-14-2025-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Protest-by-retirees-of-different-sectors-in-Kermanshah-October-14-2025-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Protest-by-retirees-of-different-sectors-in-Kermanshah-October-14-2025-746x420.jpg 746w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Protest-by-retirees-of-different-sectors-in-Kermanshah-October-14-2025-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Protest-by-retirees-of-different-sectors-in-Kermanshah-October-14-2025-696x392.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-338202\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protest by retirees of different sectors in Kermanshah (October 14, 2025)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On October 14, 2025, Iran witnessed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">simultaneous protests<\/a> by pensioners, teachers, landowners, and human rights activists swept across the country. These demonstrations, coupled with a mass hunger strike inside the notorious Ghezel Hesar Prison, reveal a populace that is not only unbowed by the regime&#8217;s brutality but is increasingly unified in its demand for fundamental change. These were not isolated incidents of discontent but interconnected fronts in an organized struggle against a failing theocracy.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Regime&#8217;s Brutality Met with Unprecedented Resistance<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The regime\u2019s primary tool of control\u2014execution\u2014faced a powerful, nationwide rebuke as the <a href=\"https:\/\/iran-hrm.com\/2025\/10\/14\/no-to-execution-tuesdays-52-iran-prisons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;No to Execution Tuesdays&#8221;<\/a> campaign marked its 90th consecutive week. Citizens in dozens of cities, from the capital Tehran to Sanandaj, Mashhad, and Isfahan, took to the streets. Their banners and chants left no room for ambiguity. In one city, a placard warned, \u201cThis is the final message: if you execute, there will be an uprising!\u201d Another powerfully stated, \u201cOur screams are stronger than your gallows.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">October 14\u2014Iran<br \/>On the 90th week of the \u201cNo to Executions Tuesdays\u201d campaign, families of political prisoners condemned death sentences, demanding the abolition of all executions and the release of political prisoners.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hmKe5j70SM\">pic.twitter.com\/hmKe5j70SM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1978057869518897437?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 14, 2025<\/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;\">The movement\u2019s moral force was amplified by the prominent role of justice-seeking mothers and the families of political prisoners, who held pictures of their loved ones and demanded their freedom. This sustained, organized campaign has evolved from a protest into a cornerstone of the national uprising, demonstrating a profound societal rejection of state-sanctioned murder.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This cry for life echoed from behind prison walls. On October 13, inmates in Unit 2 of Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj began a mass hunger strike after several prisoners were transferred to solitary confinement to await execution. Despite threats from prison authorities, the inmates refused their meals, standing in solidarity against the regime&#8217;s killing machine. The protest demonstrates that even in the regime\u2019s darkest dungeons, the spirit of resistance burns bright.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Economic Collapse Fuels Public Rage<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Kermanshah, the consequences of the regime\u2019s systemic corruption were on full display as outraged pensioners from different sectors protested in front of the retirement fund building. Their chants were a direct indictment of the entire ruling establishment: \u201cThey looted our fund, made us destitute!\u201d and \u201cNo parliament, no government\u2014they don&#8217;t care about the nation!\u201d The protest received widespread public support, with passing drivers honking their horns and flashing victory signs in solidarity\u2014a clear sign that the pensioners\u2019 grievances resonate across society.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">October 14\u2014Kermanshah, western Iran<br \/>Retirees gathered in front of the Pension Fund, protesting low pensions, economic hardship, and government neglect.<br \/>Protesters chanted, \u201cLivelihood, dignity, our inalienable rights!\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/30pdZmiGbb\">pic.twitter.com\/30pdZmiGbb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1978057093249724792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 14, 2025<\/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;\">They protested a staggering 15 years of bureaucratic corruption and deceit over land ownership rights. For over a decade, officials have met their pleas with empty promises, while dozens of the original landowners have passed away without ever seeing justice. This case is a potent example of a system that has replaced governance with plunder.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The economic despair was also voiced in Tehran, where literacy movement teachers protested outside the Ministry of Education over years of unfulfilled promises, highlighting how the regime has failed every sector of Iranian society.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The events of October 14 lay bare the reality of Iran today: a regime besieged by a crisis of its own making, facing a nation that refuses to be silenced. The slogans chanted across the country reveal a shared understanding of the problem. From the pensioners shouting, \u201cPoverty, corruption, inflation are the plague of the people,\u201d to their call for unity\u2014\u201cOur pain is your pain, people join us!\u201d\u2014a single, powerful message emerges.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">October 14\u2014Tehran, Iran<br \/>Teachers and staff of the Literacy Movement Organization rallied outside the Ministry of Education, protesting years of broken promises, job insecurity, and lack of transparency by officials.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KyqZlgViS9\">pic.twitter.com\/KyqZlgViS9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1978030739913322982?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 14, 2025<\/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;\">The Iranian people are no longer making siloed demands for economic relief or social reform. They are explicitly identifying the entire clerical regime as the source of their suffering and demanding its removal. The convergence of protests\u2014from inside prisons to the streets of dozens of cities, uniting diverse segments of the population\u2014manifest the intensity of the struggle for a free and democratic Iran without the despotic rule of the mullahs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On October 14, 2025, Iran witnessed simultaneous protests by pensioners, teachers, landowners, and human rights activists swept across the country. 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