On Saturday, June 18, Social Security Organization retirees and pensioners took to the streets for the 12th day in a row to protest the regime’s corruption, destructive policies, and refusal to address their unmet demands regarding a long list of economic woes, including low wages and poor living conditions.
“Hijab of women, Hijab of women, Hijab of women” This is a phrase that has been repeated by the Iranian regime’s media on a regular basis, albeit with varying degrees of intensity. This issue appears to pose a significant threat to the regime, as Ahmad Alamolhoda, the regime’s representative in Mashhad, previously stated, “The leadership ordered fire at will, therefore if a woman in the street removes her headscarf, she must face the protests of the people and see that she has no place among the people.
Protests, demonstrations, and rallies have become a daily occurrence in cities across the country, with people taking to the streets on a regular basis. While continuing to plunder the Iranian people, regime officials are looking for a new method of de-escalation.
The situation in Iran has changed dramatically since Monday, June 13th. Retirees and pensioners across Iran continued their protests for the seventh day in a row, rallying in 22 cities and chanting against the regime’s disastrous plundering policies.
On Friday, June 10, Iran’s state-run media reported that, based on a new government bill, the Parliament [Majlis] is attempting to legitimize the security forces’ use of weapons during “illegal armed demonstrations.” In recent weeks, a large number of videos have been posted and circulated on social media platforms showing security forces using lethal force against peaceful protesters arbitrarily.
Since early 2000, Tehran has had access to “secret United Nations atomic agency reports,” according to a new Wall Street Journal report. They cite Middle East intelligence officials as saying that “Iranian records were circulated among senior Iranian military, government, and nuclear-program officials between 2004 and 2006” and that “Iran could design answers that admit to what the International atomic energy agency (IAEA) already knows, give away information that it will likely discover on its own, and better hide what the IAEA does not yet know that Iran wants to keep hidden.”
UN human rights experts expressed grave concern today about a violent crackdown on civil society in Iran, including the arrest of members of labour unions and teachers protesting low wages and poor working conditions, and urged those responsible for using excessive force to be held accountable through independent investigations.
On June 8, an overwhelming majority of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency issued a resolution calling on Iran’s clerical regime to come clean about its nuclear ambitions. While delegations from the BoG member states were still in Vienna, the regime’s Atomic Energy Organization (AEOI) announced the removal of 27 cameras from sensitive nuclear sites, indicating that Tehran has no intention of complying.
Arak Bazaar continued its fourth day of strike today, Wednesday, June 15. Bazaar merchants in Fasa and Ilam closed shop this morning and staged demonstrations. In Shiraz, auto parts vendors closed their shops in protest of high prices and heavy taxes.
“Burglars cut through the wall of a branch of Bank Meli (Persian for National Bank) from a neighbouring building in Tehran,” Iran’s state television reported on Monday.
These looters broke into the bank, had 14 hours to easily dismantle CCTV cameras and steal their memory cards, and made a lot of noise by cutting the safe boxes and stealing people’s belongings with hand milling machines. Bank alarms went off, numerous calls to the regime’s “security” apparatus went unanswered, and not a single police officer arrived on the scene. Hundreds of Iranians have lost their life savings as a result.
For the sixth time in a week, Social Security Organization retirees and pension recipients took to the streets in at least 20 cities across Iran on Sunday, June 12, 2022. “Retirees continue to rally and march across the country, demanding their fundamental rights,” the Iranian opposition, the People’s Mojahedin of Iran (PMOI/MEK), reported.
