{"id":338852,"date":"2025-11-03T21:49:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T20:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=338852"},"modified":"2025-11-03T21:49:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T20:49:10","slug":"widespread-protests-hit-major-iranian-cities-over-economic-crisis-and-corruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/widespread-protests-hit-major-iranian-cities-over-economic-crisis-and-corruption\/","title":{"rendered":"Widespread Protests Hit Major Iranian Cities Over Economic Crisis and Corruption"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_338853\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-338853\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-338853\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Protest-rally-by-retirees-of-the-telecommunication-industry-in-Marivan-November-3-2025.jpg\" alt=\"Protest rally by retirees of the telecommunication industry in Marivan (November 3, 2025)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Protest-rally-by-retirees-of-the-telecommunication-industry-in-Marivan-November-3-2025.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Protest-rally-by-retirees-of-the-telecommunication-industry-in-Marivan-November-3-2025-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Protest-rally-by-retirees-of-the-telecommunication-industry-in-Marivan-November-3-2025-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Protest-rally-by-retirees-of-the-telecommunication-industry-in-Marivan-November-3-2025-746x420.jpg 746w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Protest-rally-by-retirees-of-the-telecommunication-industry-in-Marivan-November-3-2025-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Protest-rally-by-retirees-of-the-telecommunication-industry-in-Marivan-November-3-2025-696x392.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-338853\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protest rally by retirees of the telecommunication industry in Marivan (November 3, 2025)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">firestorm of protest<\/a> swept across Iran on November 2nd and 3rd, 2025, uniting diverse segments of society in a powerful display of public fury against the clerical regime\u2019s systemic corruption and catastrophic mismanagement. From retired telecommunication workers in at least 18 cities to nurses, students, farmers, and drivers, Iranians from all walks of life took to the streets, their grievances converging into a single, undeniable message: the regime has failed, and the people\u2019s patience is exhausted.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">These are not isolated flare-ups of discontent but a coordinated, nationwide movement, revealing deep cracks in the regime&#8217;s authority and underscoring a society pushed to its absolute limit by economic ruin and institutional decay.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Retirees Target the IRGC&#8217;s Financial Empire<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The most extensive and politically charged demonstrations were led by retired telecommunication workers. In a coordinated action on November 3rd, they held protests in at least 18 cities, including Tehran, Isfahan, Kermanshah, Tabriz, Ahvaz, and Mashhad. These retirees, who dedicated their lives to building the nation\u2019s infrastructure, are now forced to protest for their basic pensions, which have been plundered by regime-controlled entities.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">November 3\u2014Zanjan, northwest Iran<br \/>Retirees of the Telecommunications Company of Iran (TCI) rallied against systemic corruption, mismanagement, and injustice by regime-linked shareholders.<br \/>Chant: \u201cThey looted the wealth, they trampled our rights!\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Nqwts23kQP\">pic.twitter.com\/Nqwts23kQP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1985353399613673975?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 3, 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 protesters are explicitly naming the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Cooperative Foundation and the Execution of Imam Khomeini\u2019s Order (Setad Ejraei)\u2014two of the Supreme Leader&#8217;s key financial conglomerates\u2014as the sources of their misery. In Isfahan, their chants echoed through the streets: \u201cWe built the telecom, the IRGC took it, we lost!\u201d In Tehran, another slogan cut through the official propaganda: \u201cHussein, Hussein is their slogan; theft and plunder is their job!\u201d This direct confrontation with the regime\u2019s most powerful and feared institutions marks a significant escalation in the protesters&#8217; boldness.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">A Regime That Cannot Feed Its People<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The regime\u2019s failure is so profound that it can no longer provide the most basic necessities, responding to legitimate demands not with solutions, but with threats. On November 2nd, nursing students in Izeh protested the spoiled and inedible food served in their cafeteria by lining up their food trays from the cafeteria to the office of the head of the health network. They reported finding stones, hair, and rotten ingredients in their meals for over a year. A day later, engineering students in Eslamabad-Gharb held a similar protest. In both cases, the authorities\u2019 response was to threaten the students with expulsion and disciplinary action.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">November 3\u2014Kermanshah, western Iran<br \/>Nurses gathered outside Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences to protest unpaid benefits, corruption, and mismanagement. They demanded fair compensation and dignity for their work.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1QwZuSnh2i\">pic.twitter.com\/1QwZuSnh2i<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1985352989477859378?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 3, 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;\">This callous neglect extends to the nation\u2019s frontline healthcare workers. In Kermanshah, nurses and medical staff gathered outside the University of Medical Sciences on November 3rd to protest not having received their salaries and benefits for an entire year. Their chants were a direct indictment of the corrupt system: &#8220;Nurse, shout out, scream for your rights! We will not forgive corruption and injustice!&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Producers and Workers Revolt<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran&#8217;s productive sectors are grinding to a halt, forcing producers and workers into open revolt. In Isfahan, poultry farmers issued an ultimatum to the government, threatening to halt all chicken sales if they do not receive critical animal feed supplies. In Sanandaj, taxi drivers went on a general strike, protesting stagnant fares that have been dwarfed by the skyrocketing costs of fuel and spare parts. Meanwhile, farmers in Ramhormoz protested outside the district governor&#8217;s office, demanding access to water for their parched lands and payment of insurance claims for their failed crops.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">November 3\u2014Ramhormoz, southwest Iran<br \/>Farmers in Soltanabad rallied outside the district office, protesting lack of irrigation water and unpaid insurance compensation for crop losses, jeopardizing their livelihoods.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/J7OiVCbNQB\">pic.twitter.com\/J7OiVCbNQB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1985358977698349429?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 3, 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 widespread corruption is also felt at the local level. In Kermanshah, victims of a massive land fraud scheme gathered to protest. A cooperative has sold land initially allocated for fewer than 200 people to over 1,000 buyers, yet the manager responsible remains free and continues his fraudulent activities with impunity.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Data Shows a Nation in Freefall<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">These protests are the human consequence of a full-blown economic collapse, confirmed by staggering official and semi-official data. Economic experts inside Iran warn that the annual inflation rate will definitely exceed 50% by the end of the year. The crisis has eviscerated the purchasing power of ordinary Iranians. According to the Statistical Center of Iran, approximately 70% of a four-person family&#8217;s income is now spent on food alone, leaving little for rent, education, or healthcare.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">November 3\u2014Hamedan, western Iran<br \/>Retirees of the Telecommunications Company of Iran (TCI) gathered at TCI headquarters to protest systemic corruption, mismanagement, and injustice by regime-linked shareholders. They demanded their long-denied basic rights\/pensions.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rrHMEXJwS8\">pic.twitter.com\/rrHMEXJwS8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1985354482423664917?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 3, 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;\">As a result, staples like meat and access to medical services are disappearing from the budgets of most households. One member of the regime&#8217;s parliament issued a grim warning: if current trends continue, the price of chicken could soon reach 500,000 tomans per kilogram, and meat could hit 2 million tomans per kilogram. This economic reality is not an accident; it is the direct outcome of the regime\u2019s policy of systemic plunder to fund its repressive apparatus and foreign adventurism.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The events of early November 2025 are a clear indictment of a corrupt and illegitimate regime that has proven itself incapable of governing. When a state cannot provide safe food for its students, pay the salaries of its nurses, or protect the pensions of its retirees, it has lost its fundamental reason to exist. The bravery of protesters who now openly chant against the IRGC and the Supreme Leader\u2019s corrupt foundations shows that the wall of fear is crumbling. These are not isolated demands for economic relief; they are a collective roar for fundamental change. The question is no longer <em>if<\/em> the Iranian regime will face a major popular uprising, but <em>when<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A firestorm of protest swept across Iran on November 2nd and 3rd, 2025, uniting diverse segments of society in a powerful display of public fury against the clerical regime&rsquo;s systemic [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":338853,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[130],"class_list":{"0":"post-338852","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iran-protests","8":"tag-iran-protests"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Widespread Protests Hit Major Iranian Cities Over Economic Crisis and Corruption - NCRI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A firestorm of protest swept across Iran on November 2nd and 3rd, 2025, uniting diverse segments of society in a powerful display of public fury against\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/widespread-protests-hit-major-iranian-cities-over-economic-crisis-and-corruption\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Widespread Protests Hit Major Iranian Cities Over Economic Crisis and Corruption - 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