Retired Government Employees Protest In Iran Demanding Higher Pensions
February 15, 2021 13:39 GMT
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Pensioners and retired government employees staged protests on February 14 in more than a dozen cities across Iran to complain over their financial situation and their state pension, which they said is insufficient to cover the rising cost of living, RFE/RL’s Radio Farda reported.
Retirees of the State Welfare Organization protested in the capital Tehran, Karaj, Tabriz, Isfahan, Shiraz, Ahvaz, and several other cities while calling for an increase of their pensions, which they said leave them below the poverty line.
Hassan Sadeghi, president of the Union of Veterans of Workers’ Society, was quoted by Iranian media as saying that a large protest of 10,000 pensioners will be held on February 20 in front of the Iranian parliament in the capital Tehran as well as in other cities where he said protesters are expected to gather outside parliamentary offices.