{"id":204163,"date":"2026-07-13T10:46:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T10:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/204163\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T10:46:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T10:46:07","slug":"iran-protest-gatherings-by-retirees-and-plundered-citizens-in-various","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/204163\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran: Protest Gatherings by Retirees and Plundered Citizens in Various\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mrs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Maryam Rajavi<\/a>: The heart of the problem is the usurpation of the people\u2019s sovereignty by the warmongering dictatorship, and the solution lies in uprising and protest<\/p>\n<p>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\u2019 regime.<\/p>\n<p>Social Security retirees in Shush, Ahvaz, Kermanshah, Tehran, Rasht, and Dezful expressed their outrage with slogans such as, \u2018We will not back down until we get our rights,\u2019 \u2018Only on the streets will we obtain our rights,\u2019 \u2018Enough of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/head-of-snake-of-warmongering-and-terrorism-is-in-tehran-became-more-evident-than-ever\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">warmongering<\/a>, our tables are empty,\u2019 \u2018Inflation and high prices, no to war and ruin,\u2019 \u2018Imprisoned workers must be released,\u2019 \u2018Excessive oppression has brought us to the streets,\u2019 \u2018The street is our stronghold,\u2019 and \u2018Incompetent government, we don\u2019t want it, we don\u2019t want it!\u2019<\/p>\n<p>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<p>Simultaneously, plundered clients of three companies in Tabriz held a protest gathering in Tehran to denounce the complicity of state institutions in looting their assets and the inaction of the regime\u2019s judiciary in Tabriz, chanting: \u2018Enough of empty promises, our tables are empty!\u2019<\/p>\n<p>In Tabriz, a group of defrauded property owners of Daneshvaran town, who have faced uncertainty for 30 years, held a protest gathering outside the city\u2019s sham municipal council building.<\/p>\n<p>Saluting the resilient retirees and workers who took to the streets in grueling heat to demand their basic rights, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/interim-session-of-the-national-council-of-resistance-of-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a>, said: \u2018With slogans like \u201cOnly on the streets will we obtain our rights,\u201d \u201cEnough of warmongering, our tables are empty,\u201d and \u201cImprisoned workers and teachers must be freed,\u201d the protesters demonstrated that the heart of the problem is the usurpation of the people\u2019s sovereignty by the warmongering mullahs\u2019 dictatorship, and the solution lies in uprising and protest.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<br \/>12 July 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mrs. Maryam Rajavi: The heart of the problem is the usurpation of the people\u2019s sovereignty by the 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