{"id":346540,"date":"2026-07-12T20:20:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T19:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=346540"},"modified":"2026-07-12T20:20:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T19:20:48","slug":"iran-protest-gatherings-by-retirees-and-plundered-citizens-in-various-cities-across-the-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-protest\/iran-protest-gatherings-by-retirees-and-plundered-citizens-in-various-cities-across-the-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran: Protest Gatherings by Retirees and Plundered Citizens in Various Cities across the Country"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mrs. Maryam Rajavi: The heart of the problem is the usurpation of the people’s sovereignty by the warmongering dictatorship, and the solution lies in uprising and protest<\/em><\/h3>\n

On Sunday, July 12, 2026, a large number of Social Security retirees, plundered depositors, and workers in various cities\u2014including Tehran, Shush, Ahvaz, Dezful, Kermanshah, Rasht, Karaj, and Tabriz\u2014staged protests and marches to voice their anger over poverty, high prices, inflation, and the systemic plundering by the mullahs’ regime.<\/p>\n

Social Security retirees in Shush, Ahvaz, Kermanshah, Tehran, Rasht, and Dezful expressed their outrage with slogans such as, ‘We will not back down until we get our rights,’ ‘Only on the streets will we obtain our rights,’ ‘Enough of warmongering, our tables are empty,’ ‘Inflation and high prices, no to war and ruin,’ ‘Imprisoned workers must be released,’ ‘Excessive oppression has brought us to the streets,’ ‘The street is our stronghold,’ and ‘Incompetent government, we don’t want it, we don’t want it!’<\/p>\n

Protesters highlighted that while the regime claims there is no budget to pay the meager pensions of retirees, astronomical monthly bonuses of 50 to 90 million tomans are distributed under various pretexts among the corrupt managers of the Social Security Organization.<\/p>\n

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Salutes to the brave retirees who took to the streets today in Kermanshah, Shush, Ahwaz, Dezfoul, Tehran, Rasht and other cities of Iran. <\/p>\n

Braving oppressive heat, they demanded their basic rights with powerful slogans:
"Our rights are only won on the streets!"
"Stop the\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/ecIaQ27g5o<\/a><\/p>\n

— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) July 12, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n