Iran is on fire.. angry protests and an unprecedented collapse of the “Toman”
Iran is on fire.. angry protests and an unprecedented collapse of the “Toman”
2025-03-11 03:12
Shafaq News/ Iran is witnessing an unprecedented escalation in the wave of popular protests, with the deterioration of economic conditions and the collapse of the national currency to record levels, as the price of the US dollar reached 95,300 tomans, while the price of the gold bar exceeded 79 million tomans.
This decline in the value of the currency comes after statements by Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, in which he renewed his rejection of negotiations with the United States, which led to an escalation of uncertainty in the markets .
The demonstrations spread to various Iranian cities, where Tabriz, Sanandaj, Hormozgan, Marivan and Bijar witnessed widespread protests by telecommunications company retirees, who have been continuing their weekly gatherings every Monday for several months.
The protesters demanded updating social welfare allocations for the years 2022 and 2023, addressing the problems of supplementary insurance, and disbursing previous dues according to current prices .
In the energy sector, workers at the fourth South Pars refinery demonstrated against low wages and poor working conditions, stressing that they suffer from “low salaries compared to the increasing cost of living .”
In the health sector, nurses and workers at Mardani Azar Hospital in Tabriz held a protest rally, demanding an improvement in their salaries and addressing living problems. They raised the slogan, “The silence of every nurse is a betrayal of a colleague.”
In Tehran, employees of the University of Tehran held a protest on March 16 Street, rejecting the low salaries and the disparity in their increases between the university’s different departments.
Job applicants at the Ministry of Agricultural Jihad also staged a protest in front of the headquarters of the Employment Affairs Organization, after the number of announced jobs was reduced from 19,000 to only 10,000, which led to thousands of applicants being deprived of job opportunities .
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