{"id":340495,"date":"2025-12-14T22:30:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T21:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=340495"},"modified":"2025-12-14T22:30:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T21:30:36","slug":"widespread-strikes-and-protests-sweep-iran-as-retirees-and-workers-rally-against-economic-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/widespread-strikes-and-protests-sweep-iran-as-retirees-and-workers-rally-against-economic-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Widespread Strikes and Protests Sweep Iran as Retirees and Workers Rally Against Economic Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_340499\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-340499\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-340499\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/iran-kerman-protests-14122025.jpg\" alt=\"Retired coal miners in Kerman, southeastern Iran, protest on December 14, 2025\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/iran-kerman-protests-14122025.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/iran-kerman-protests-14122025-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/iran-kerman-protests-14122025-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/iran-kerman-protests-14122025-746x420.jpg 746w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/iran-kerman-protests-14122025-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/iran-kerman-protests-14122025-696x392.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-340499\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Retired coal miners in Kerman, southeastern Iran, protest on December 14, 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Sunday, December 14, a widespread <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/\">wave of unrest swept across<\/a> Iran, bridging the gap between generations and industries. From the oil-rich plains of Khuzestan to the university dormitories of Tehran, diverse segments of society\u2014students, retirees, oil workers, and bakers\u2014took to the streets. The protests underscore a deepening rift between the Iranian populace and a ruling establishment unable to provide basic livelihoods or safety.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While the regime continues to allocate vast resources to its security apparatus and regional proxies, the domestic economy remains in freefall. The events of this weekend reveal a population that is no longer asking for reforms but demanding their fundamental rights through direct action on the streets.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Students Reject the Monetization of Education<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The unrest began on the evening of Saturday, December 13, at the University of Tehran. Students residing in the university dormitories gathered to protest the administration&#8217;s new welfare policies, which have resulted in skyrocketing costs for food and accommodation.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">December 13\u2014Tehran, Iran<br \/>Students at Tehran University Dorm Complex rallied over rising costs and neglected welfare services\u2014citing expensive food and poor dorm conditions. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1pYy4VCWb1\">pic.twitter.com\/1pYy4VCWb1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/2000118525323596128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 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;\">Marching toward the dormitory complex&#8217;s main square, students challenged the narrative of budget deficits. The students specifically targeted the hypocrisy of a state that pleads poverty when it comes to student welfare while funding other priorities. Slogans such as &#8220;Hardworking student, shout for your rights&#8221; and &#8220;Dormitory and food are expensive, the student is thinking of bread&#8221; resonated through the campus.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This gathering follows a trajectory of dissent in higher education. Earlier in October, students at Khajeh Nasir Toosi University of Technology protested similar austerity measures, facing threats and summons from security agencies. The students at Tehran University have vowed to continue their protests if the new resolutions regarding dormitory restrictions are not revoked.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Retirees: &#8220;Enriching Our Lives is Our Absolute Right&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Sunday morning, retirees from the Social Security Organization and the steel industry held coordinated rallies in Shush, Kermanshah, Isfahan, and Ahvaz. The slogans chanted by these pensioners have taken on an increasingly radical tone, moving beyond simple economic demands to target the legitimacy of the state&#8217;s management.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">December 14\u2014Shush, southwest Iran<br \/>Social Security Organization retirees marched and rallied outside the Social Security office over worsening livelihoods and unpaid\/denied rights, demanding full benefits and an end to empty promises. They chanted, \u201cOnly in the streets we get our\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IkJEI0bbZ9\">pic.twitter.com\/IkJEI0bbZ9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/2000149074666770893?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 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;\">In Kermanshah, protesters shouted, &#8220;Inflation and high prices are theft from the people\u2019s pockets.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Ahvaz, the capital of Khuzestan province, the mood was particularly defiant. Retirees gathered in front of the Social Security administration, chanting, &#8220;No threat, no prison, no execution stops us,&#8221; and &#8220;Death to managers, from Khuzestan to Tehran.&#8221; These slogans indicate that the regime&#8217;s traditional tools of suppression\u2014imprisonment and the threat of capital punishment\u2014are losing their efficacy as deterrents against a population pushed to the brink of starvation.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">December 14\u2014Kermanshah, western Iran<br \/>Social Security and state retirees rallied outside the Social Security office over crushing living costs and unprecedented price hikes, demanding dignified pensions and an end to inflation-driven impoverishment. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PK4bcsErrw\">pic.twitter.com\/PK4bcsErrw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/2000150420627587492?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 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;\">In Shush, the message was equally clear: &#8220;Only on the street will we get our rights,&#8221; rejecting any hope in government negotiations or parliamentary procedures.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Plunder of National Wealth: Oil and Industrial Strikes<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Simultaneously, the industrial heartland of Iran witnessed significant labor actions. In Khuzestan, contract workers at the North and South Azadegan oil fields rallied outside the governor&#8217;s office. Their grievance centers on the impending transfer of these oil fields from the state-run Arvandan Oil and Gas Company to a private entity, &#8220;Dasht Azadegan Arvand.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The workers, numbering around 1,500, fear that this privatization is a prelude to mass layoffs and a loss of job security. They argue that the handover of these critical national assets to a newly established private company threatens both production and their livelihoods.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">December 14\u2014Ahvaz, southwest Iran<br \/>Contract oil workers from North &amp; South Azadegan fields rallied outside Khuzestan\u2019s Governor\u2019s Office against transferring the fields to a private firm, warning it would block their long-promised job regularization and endanger the livelihoods of\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wpP73tXX7J\">pic.twitter.com\/wpP73tXX7J<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/2000151337447673910?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 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;\">Meanwhile, in Fars province, workers at the Pasargad Alloy Steel Complex entered the second day of their strike. In Takab, workers at the Zareh Shuran Gold Mine gathered at the mine\u2019s entrance, demanding an end to wage discrimination and the immediate payment of overdue benefits. Their banner read: &#8220;Enough is enough, we will no longer wait for the repetition of hollow promises.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Disposable&#8221; Lives: The Tragedy at Khusf<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The disregard for worker safety under the current regime was highlighted by a tragic protest at the Khusf Cast Iron Factory. On Sunday morning, workers stopped work to protest the death of a 22-year-old colleague, who was killed in a road accident while commuting to the factory.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">December 14\u2014Khosf, northeast Iran<br \/>Workers at the Khosf cast-iron factory rallied after a fifth colleague died in a traffic accident, protesting unsafe conditions and demanding accountability and concrete measures to protect workers and prevent further fatalities.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dKL6RaZDQZ\">pic.twitter.com\/dKL6RaZDQZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/2000132390186864706?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 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;\">This fatality was not an isolated incident; it was the fifth death of a worker from this specific factory in just one week due to unsafe transportation conditions. The workers stated that the lack of safe employer-provided transport forces them to use dangerous roads on motorcycles, treating their lives as expendable in the drive for production.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Empty Tables: The Bread Crisis<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Perhaps the most visceral sign of the economic collapse was the protest of bakers in Ahvaz and Khomeini Shahr. Bakers gathered outside government buildings to protest reduced flour quotas and unpaid subsidies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bread is the primary staple for millions of Iranian families, yet the regime\u2019s mismanagement has made it increasingly difficult for bakers to operate. In Ahvaz, protesters stormed into the governorate building, chanting a slogan that defines the current era of Iranian politics: &#8220;Promises are enough, our table is empty.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">December 14\u2014Ahvaz, southwest Iran<br \/>Bakers rallied outside Khuzestan\u2019s Governor\u2019s Office over reduced flour quotas and unpaid subsidies\/assistance payments, demanding immediate restoration and payments. Protesters chanted: \u201cEnough promises\u2014our tables are empty!\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NFUJEcmmoS\">pic.twitter.com\/NFUJEcmmoS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/2000132647398592873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 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 events of December 14, 2025, paint a picture of a nation where every stratum of society is in conflict with the ruling state. Whether it is education applicants in Tehran demanding promised jobs, or oil workers fighting privatization in the south, the common thread is a realization that the regime is the primary obstacle to a dignified life. As the slogans in Ahvaz and Kermanshah suggest, the Iranian people are no longer afraid of threats or prisons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday, December 14, a widespread wave of unrest swept across Iran, bridging the gap between generations and industries. 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