“Waste bins in the fertile country of Iran will never be without customers,” the Hamdeli daily wrote on April 18, acknowledging the unprecedented spread of collection “workers.”
One of the most painful images seen on Iran’s streets is of people forced to collect garbage for a living. Images like these make one wonder if such a situation exists in a wealthy country like Iran. In an interview aired on the regime’s TV, a reporter asked a man who was collecting garbage, “What are you doing?” In response, the man said, “Lady, I’m unemployed. I’m a very good blacksmith. I can do everything. Everything that you say. But I’m unemployed.”
“Waste bins in the fertile country of Iran will never be without customers,” the Hamdeli daily wrote on April 18, acknowledging the unprecedented spread of collection “workers.” Customers may form lines to bend into bins and pull leftover food and recyclables from wet to dry waste. The number of bin customers has risen to the point where many cities’ current bins appear to be insufficient for waste collectors.”
“If you take a short walk through the streets and alleys of the capital, you will see all kinds of people with their private cars, motorcycles, carts, and even just with plastic handbags, from children aged 10 and 11 to old men in their 70s and 80s, from young boys to large family groups and even women, all kinds of people with their private cars, motorcycles, carts, and even just with plastic handbags, are among the waste collectors,” it continued.
the woman was seen collecting trash in Ahvaz, Iran’s oil-rich province, in a video shared on social media. “See this woman who is collecting waste,” the reporter said in the video.
Where? The National Drilling Company is in front of us. What should I say, God? Who is to blame for this? The perpetrators will be damned by God. In Ahvaz, these are our oil rigs. And this woman is collecting trash while standing on oil.”
“Javid walks around the city three times a day to collect waste to find something,” the state-run Bahar daily wrote on May 24 in a report on the disaster’s spread. He says he must make ends meet for the family. he says, ‘For a year now, we have neither eaten meat nor bought clothes. It is not possible to pay the costs of a family by selling waste. I must look in the trash and make a living from it. From time to time, I may find a pair of shoes or clothes in the bucket.”
The same newspaper also revealed the role of the regime’s mafia in the disaster, quoting a young boy who said, “Our work starts at 4 p.m. and we work until 2 a.m.” We set aside the waste sacks so that we can be picked up by a car. Then we load the garbage sacks into the car and drive to the recycling facility.”
Where? The National Drilling Company is in front of us. What should I say, God? Who is to blame for this? The perpetrators will be damned by God. In Ahvaz, these are our oil rigs.
“It should be noted that behind the waste, also known as dirty gold, there is a billion mafia,” the state-run Hamdeli daily wrote on April 18, referring to the power of this regime’s mafia. This mafia has grown so powerful and influential that the Waste Management Organization of the Tehran Municipality has fallen behind.”
“A few years ago, the then-director of the Tehran Municipal Waste Management Organization frantically spoke about a strong mafia collecting dry waste in Tehran,” it continued. ‘Because this is very profitable if we want to organize them, they will resist,’ said Reza Abdoli. It seems that the municipality of Tehran has failed to compete with the mafia that pockets the wealth left in Tehran. The waste mafia has sewn a gold bag from the pain of the waste collectors, in addition to cutting the municipality off from the waste dump.”
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