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Livelihood protests for pensioners of Iranian telecommunications companies took place in at least 11 provinces on Monday, August 29, with protesters chanting against mismanagement and corruption in addition to highlighting union demands.
According to reports received by VOA and published on trade news sources on Monday, August 29, the weekly protests of retirees of telecommunications companies continued every Monday and at least today in the provinces of Mazandaran, Gilan, East Azerbaijan, West Azerbaijan, Tehran, Hormozgan, Lorestan, Zanjan, Isfahan, Kurdistan and Kermanshah.
During these synchronized protests, which are repeated every Monday in different parts of Iran, protesters chanted slogans against the “Cooperation Foundation” and the “Farman Imam Executive Headquarters”, accusing both institutions of “illegally withdrawing pension funds”. They did
“We will come every Monday until we get our rights,” dozens of retired protesters in Sari, the capital of Mazandaran province, chanted, according to a Farsi-language video report received by VOA.
Retired protesters in Rasht, the capital of Gilan province, also chanted: “The majority shareholders have stolen our rights.”
Protesting retirees in Tabriz also held placards with union demands and chanted: “Partnership is broken, eat, eat, work.”
Telegram channel “Ataraz Madani Bazar” reported that despite the “widespread presence of police forces”, a livelihood party for Tehran Telecom retirees was held in front of the building of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.
Telecom retirees in Kurdistan province also stressed the slogan of “pretentious government, enthusiastic promises and results” at a protest rally.
Telecom retirees in Isfahan province also chanted: “We have not seen justice, we have only heard lies.”
In addition, telecom retirees in Kermanshah gathered again and chanted slogans against the Islamic Republic authorities’ policy towards the company.
According to the implementing regulations of Article 24 of the Civil Service Law, which were adopted in 2009 and set out tasks that can be delegated and how services are purchased from the private sector, “until the obstacles to delegation are removed”, providing services to the workforce is still the responsibility of the executive body, i.e. the government. However, 14 years have passed since this regulation was enacted, and considering the frequent and ongoing protests by these retirees, it seems that the “handover obstacles” have not been removed, and the executive branch has not fulfilled its responsibilities to the protesters.
Weekly protests by telecom retirees have been going on for months. Non-renewal of 1401 and 1402 benefit allowances, management negligence regarding Section 89, issues with supplementary insurance and non-payment of claims of previous years on daily basis are among the reasons for the protests by these pensioners.
While the weekly gathering of telecom retirees was held on Monday, nurses and hospital staff in some provinces of Iran also continued their strike.
At the same time, other livelihood protests broke out in different parts of Iran; in addition to this, a group of citizens gathered in Kohgiluyeh and Boyar Ahmed provinces to protest against the “transfer of Dana management rights” and chanted: “We will fight, we will die, we will take back Dana.”
A group of “Khavaran 2” landowners also gathered in front of the Tabriz Municipality Building.
Union sources also released another report about a protest rally by employees of the South Pars Gas Complex on Monday, August 29.
The spread of union protests by various groups, including retirees, workers in various industries, teachers, property losers, nurses and medical staff, points to the intensification of Iranian livelihood problems and the neglect of the Islamic Republic’s authorities.
Economist Jamshed Esadi previously predicted in an interview with VOA that people’s livelihood and economic conditions will become worse than they are now.
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