Protests erupted in different cities of Iran as the country’s national currency, the rial, plummeted again against the US dollar, worsening the living conditions of the population.
The Iranian people, who have been struggling to make ends meet, held the ruling regime’s catastrophic economic policies responsible for their miseries, blaming Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and the oppressive Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and paramilitary Basij units for their plight.
According to the opposition group People’s Mojahedin of Iran (PMOI/MEK), the protests have spread to 282 cities, with over 750 people killed and more than 30,000 arrested by the regime’s forces. The MEK Resistance Units projected an image of Iranian opposition President-elect Maryam Rajavi of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), on a building in the city of Dehdasht in Kohgiluyeh & Boyer Ahmad Province in southwest Iran.
MEK Resistance Units projected a large image of Iranian opposition coalition NCRI President-elect Maryam Rajavi on a building in Dehdasht, southwest Iran – March 25, 2023
Retirees and pensioners of the regime’s Social Security Organization in Shush rallied outside the local governor’s office to protest high prices, inflation, low pensions, and other economic woes. Similar protests were held in Ahvaz, the provincial capital of Khuzestan. Pensioners and retirees, who rely on government stipends to survive, are among the worst-hit segments of Iranian society. Despite the government’s promises to increase pensions, it has failed to do so, leaving retirees struggling to make ends meet.
In Tehran, investors of the King Money institution held a rally outside the regime’s judiciary, demanding the return of their stolen money. In Saqqez of Kurdistan Province, teachers and educators rallied outside the local Education Dept. to demand the release of a detained colleague.
March 26 – Ahvaz, southwest #Iran
Retirees and pensioners of the regime's Social Security Organization are rallying outside the city's governor office protesting high prices, inflation, low pensions, and other economic woes.#IranProtests2023 pic.twitter.com/AknMbESyAp— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) March 26, 2023
Taxi drivers in Saqqez and Sanandaj also protested against skyrocketing prices and increased expenses due to the regime’s destructive economic policies. Meanwhile, workers of the Haft Tappeh Sugarcane Company in Shush held a rally protesting their extremely low paychecks determined by the regime’s Supreme Labor Council.
Mrs. Maryam Rajavi reiterated the people’s determination to continue their anti-regime campaign and revolution against the mullahs’ regime. She underscored the Iranian people’s fighting spirit and revolutionary fervor, emphasizing their objective of establishing freedom, democracy, and human rights in a secular republic across Iran. As protests continue to escalate in different parts of the country, it remains to be seen how the regime will respond to the demands of its citizens.
March 25 – Saqqez, western #Iran
Taxi drivers were on strike today protesting the high prices for spare parts and their low incomes.#IranProtests2023pic.twitter.com/gEsFtunt8h— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) March 25, 2023
“This year, once again, the people of Iran have left behind the regression and archaism, and the tyrannies of both the sheikh and the shah in the cold and darkness of winter and, with a fighting spirit and a revolutionary fervor, are moving towards the gateway of spring,” she underlined.
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