Retirees are protesting today outside branches of Iran's social security agency in Tehran, Kermanshah, Shush, Isfahan, Ahvaz, and other cities, demanding their claims be processed and economic rights restored, according to Abu Ali Express. In Rasht, textile workers also demonstrated over months of unpaid wages, and in Isfahan, pensioners from the steel industry — hit by Israeli strikes in Operation Roaring Lion — protested.
Retirees in several Iranian cities took to the streets Sunday, protesting outside social security offices over unpaid claims and the erosion of economic benefits, as reported by Abu Ali Express. Demonstrations were reported in Tehran, Kermanshah, Shush, Isfahan, Ahvaz, and elsewhere.
Separate protests were also noted: textile workers in Rasht protested months of unpaid wages, and in Isfahan, retired steel industry workers — whose sector was damaged by Israeli strikes during the February 2026 Operation Roaring Lion — joined the protests.
The demonstrations add to a pattern of domestic unrest in Iran that The Zioneer has previously reported, including protests and clashes with Basij forces in Mashhad, Qom, and Tehran in mid-June. The scope of today's protests and any security response remain unconfirmed.
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