A look at protests in Iran during the month of April
PMOI/MEK,7 May 2018-- Iran witnessed 452 protest rallies throughout the month of April, meaning a daily average of 15 rallies staged by credit firm clients, farmers, merchants, students, workers and other branches of the society. Economic pressures and the Iranian regime’s repressive policies were the main focus of these gatherings, marking an increase in comparison to March.
Continued protests surged in April, in addition to women and the youth overcoming all odds to take part in most of these protests.
Here’s a statistical breakdown of April’s protest rallies:
Credit firm clients: 39 rallies
Retirees: 7
Students: 16
Teachers: 8
Workers: 109
Other sectors: 245
Retirees: 7
Students: 16
Teachers: 8
Workers: 109
Other sectors: 245
Credit firm clients:
39 rallies organized in 13 cities were staged by credit firm clients demanding a return of their savings. Women are especially playing a significant role in these rallies as people are protesting state entities literally robbing them of their savings. Protesters in several cities were even seen resorting to throwing various objects at credit firm branches across the country.
Retirees:
On April 7, retirees in two different cities held rallies protesting the retirement age in Iran and authorities’ refusal to respond to their demands. For years these retirees have been deprived of a variety of services, retirement funds and pensions. The protesting retirees are also seeking a unified retirement plan and no discrimination imposed by the relevant authorities.
Students:
In April, eight cities were host to 16 different protest rallies by college students.
Students were seen holding gatherings protesting:
- the possibility of dissolving their campus faculty
- expulsion of a professor
- poor food quality
- university mismanagement
- long prison sentences issued for students
- supporting a general strike launched by store-owners and bazaar merchants of Iran’s western and northwestern provinces.
Teachers:
Teachers held eight gatherings in five different cities across the country throughout April, protesting authorities’ refusal to provide their delayed paychecks. There are teaches who have not received their paychecks for more than a year.
A detained teacher by the name of Mohammad Habibi was released as his colleagues continued their protests and left the authorities no choice.
Workers:
109 labor protests in a span of 47 cities, commercial complexes and industrial towns throughout the month of April. This is tantamount to nearly four labor protests each day.
Paycheck delays, work dismissals, unemployment, the arrest of colleagues, their job conditions remaining an uncertainty, and employers’ practice of recruiting non-locals were all subjects of labor protests in April.
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