{"id":340602,"date":"2025-12-17T19:34:05","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T18:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=340602"},"modified":"2025-12-17T19:34:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T18:34:05","slug":"simultaneous-protests-erupt-in-tehran-golestan-and-zanjan-over-unpaid-wages-and-resource-shortages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/simultaneous-protests-erupt-in-tehran-golestan-and-zanjan-over-unpaid-wages-and-resource-shortages\/","title":{"rendered":"Simultaneous Protests Erupt in Tehran, Golestan, and Zanjan Over Unpaid Wages and Resource Shortages"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_340603\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-340603\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-340603\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Protests-by-students-of-Tehran-University-dorm-December-16-2025.jpg\" alt=\"Protests by students of Tehran University dorm (December 16, 2025)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Protests-by-students-of-Tehran-University-dorm-December-16-2025.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Protests-by-students-of-Tehran-University-dorm-December-16-2025-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Protests-by-students-of-Tehran-University-dorm-December-16-2025-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Protests-by-students-of-Tehran-University-dorm-December-16-2025-746x420.jpg 746w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Protests-by-students-of-Tehran-University-dorm-December-16-2025-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Protests-by-students-of-Tehran-University-dorm-December-16-2025-696x392.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-340603\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protests by students at Tehran University dorm (December 16, 2025)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On December 16 and 17, 2025, a synchronized <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/\">wave of unrest<\/a> took place in different cities across Iran, bridging the gap between blue-collar workers, medical professionals, and university students. The simultaneous protests in Tehran, Golestan, and Zanjan provinces highlight a deepening crisis in governance, where the regime\u2019s mismanagement has paralyzed the country\u2019s most vital sectors.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Healthcare Crisis: Unpaid Nurses and Vanishing Medicine<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Golestan province, the collapse of the healthcare infrastructure was on stark display on December 17. Nurses gathered outside the University of Medical Sciences and the provincial Governor\u2019s office to protest severe economic neglect. Despite the grueling demands of their profession, these frontline workers reported that they have faced nine months of wage arrears. According to protesters, the government has only settled 50 percent of the claims dating back to May 2025. Their slogan, &#8220;9 months work, 0 rights,&#8221; encapsulates the plight of a medical sector pushed to the breaking point.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">December 17\u2014Gorgan, northern Iran<br \/>Nurses rallied outside the Golestan University of Medical Sciences and the Governor\u2019s Office over unpaid wages and mounting cost-of-living pressures. They say 9 months of arrears remain and only 50% of May claims were paid, vowing to keep\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mq4Gt71BD0\">pic.twitter.com\/mq4Gt71BD0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/2001307229173981312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 17, 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;\">Simultaneously, a more shadowy crisis brought addiction therapists to the Ministry of Health in Tehran on December 16. Protesters revealed a critical shortage of Opium tincture, a vital medication for nearly one million patients undergoing maintenance therapy nationwide. While shortages have hit 15 provinces\u2014including Hamadan, Hormozgan, and Mazandaran\u2014therapists pointed to a disturbing paradox: the regime continues to issue export licenses for these narcotics while domestic clinics run dry.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The human cost of this policy is immediate. Therapists warned that the scarcity is forcing patients toward the black market, where costs have skyrocketed from 2 million to 18 million Tomans per month. Experts fear this state-driven scarcity will push patients toward dangerous synthetic substances like fentanyl, precipitating a new public health disaster.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Industrial Stagnation in Abhar<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The unrest extended to the industrial sector in Zanjan province. On the morning of December 17, 280 workers at the Siaden Steel Factory in Abhar stopped work to protest unpaid wages dating back to October. The grievances went beyond paychecks; workers described degrading working conditions, including a lack of basic hygiene facilities and the refusal of management to provide essential work clothes. Despite repeated appeals to local officials, the workers stated that no solutions have been offered, leaving strikes as their only avenue for recourse.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">December 16\u2014Tehran, Iran<br \/>University of Tehran dorm students rallied at the dorm entrance to protest the university\u2019s \u201ccommercialization\u201d and profit-driven policies, saying education is being turned into a business while dorm conditions deteriorate.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/j7c2ToDVre\">pic.twitter.com\/j7c2ToDVre<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/2001307956529279204?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 17, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Monetization of Education<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the capital, the crisis of resource management spilled into the academic sphere. On December 16, students at Tehran University gathered at the dormitory compound to protest the &#8220;monetization of the university.&#8221; Students reported severe overcrowding, with six students forced into rooms designed for four.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">University officials, rather than addressing the housing shortage, have begun evicting senior students, citing &#8220;capacity limits.&#8221; While officials admitted that land is available for development, they claimed the government lacks the credit to build new facilities, effectively turning higher education into a business where welfare is, as the students chanted, &#8220;only a mirage.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The regime\u2019s inability to manage basic services\u2014whether distributing medicine, paying wages, or housing students\u2014stands in sharp contrast to its continued allocation of resources toward exports and profit-seeking ventures. As these varied sectors find their voices in protest, the message is uniform: the current administration is either unable or unwilling to address the most fundamental needs of the Iranian people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On December 16 and 17, 2025, a synchronized wave of unrest took place in different cities across Iran, bridging the gap between blue-collar workers, medical professionals, and university students. 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