The movement is driven by demands for higher wages, better working conditions, and accountability for government and corporate corruption. In the capital city of Tehran, nurses have continued their strikes, demanding higher wages and improved working conditions. In addition, creditors of the state-backed carmaker Rigan Khodro rallied outside the “special complex for dealing with economic crimes,” protesting corrupt financial practices and a lack of government response.
Political prisoners in Tehran and other prisons throughout Iran are actively participating in the “No to Executions” campaign. They are protesting against the recent increase in executions under the newly appointed government and calling on the international community to support their cause against the death penalty in Iran.
August 27—Bandar Abbas, southern Iran
Nurses rally in front of the provincial governorate to reiterate their demands for higher wages and better working conditions.
"We don't want promises, we want our rights!" protesters chant.#IranProtestspic.twitter.com/2rc3skKIu6— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) August 27, 2024
In Takestan, in northwest Iran, citizens took to the streets to protest the arrest of several defrauded creditors of the state-backed Rezayat Khodro, demanding accountability for the company’s corrupt practices. Similarly, around 600 workers from Khorasan Steel in Neyshabur, northeast Iran, went on strike over unpaid wages and changes to compensation policies.
Protests by nurses are also widespread, with demonstrations occurring in multiple cities, including Ilam, Bandar Abbas, Isfahan, Kermanshah, Yazd, Hamedan, and Bushehr. In Ilam, nurses gathered in front of the provincial governorate, demanding the payment of overdue salaries, higher wages, and better working conditions. Similar demands were echoed in Bandar Abbas, where nurses protested against inadequate pay and poor working conditions, chanting, “We don’t want promises, we want our rights!”
August 27—Yazd, central Iran
As nationwide protests and strikes continue, the nurses of Rahnamoun and Sadoughi hospitals held their rallies today, chanting, "Nurses will die but won't accept disgrace!"#IranProtestspic.twitter.com/g3sacvexhf— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) August 27, 2024
In Isfahan, nurses at Issa Bin Maryam Hospital continued their protests, expressing their dissatisfaction with low overtime pay. Protests by nurses in Kermanshah, Yazd, Hamedan, and Bushehr also called for improved pay and working conditions, with some demonstrations resulting in clashes with security forces.
Elsewhere, industrialists in Jajrud blocked a major road to protest ongoing power outages, while employees of multiple South Pars Gas Company refineries went on strike over unpaid salaries, highlighting widespread labor unrest across the country.
August 27—Hamedan, western Iran
Nurses continue their weeks-long protests in front of the provincial governorate.#IranProtestspic.twitter.com/k7OzLRya9j— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) August 27, 2024
These protests reflect a growing frustration among Iran’s working class and demonstrate a nationwide demand for change and accountability.
