June 2022
14Jun

Iranian labor minister resigns amid protests against soaring living costs

Iran’s labor minister resigned on Tuesday amid daily nationwide protests by pensioners, merchants and workers against soaring living costs. While it was not clear if Hojatollah Abdolmaleki’s resignation was directly related to the month-long protests, a senior MP blamed his “incompetence” for the unrest. The semi-official Tasnim news site said his resignation followed “mounting criticism for his handling of the labor market and a meagre rise in the retirement pensions.” ”His failure to create a planned number of jobs and the growing...

June 14, 2022
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07Jun

Iranian pensioners protest against high living costs — reports

Pensioners protested in Iran on Monday against soaring living costs, according to Fars news agency and social media reports, in a further challenge to authorities grappling with weeks of unrest. Demonstrators shouted “our expenses are in dollars, our income in rials” in the northwestern city of Tabriz, the semi-official agency reported. “About 1,000 retirees gathered to protest peacefully and were escorted by the police” in the city, Fars added. Social media posts also purported to show crowds in Qazvin, Shiraz, Shushtar and...

June 7, 2022
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February 2022
02Feb

Iranian Teachers Demand Fair Pay, Pension Adjustment

Hundreds of teachers are protesting across Iran to demand a fair pay, adjustment of pensions, and the release of their detained colleagues. The protests in dozens of cities follow two days of sit-ins in schools where teachers had reportedly gone on strike. On January 31, teachers staged a protest outside the parliament building in Tehran and in front of Education Ministry offices in other cities, including Shiraz, Isfahan, and Ahvaz, to present their demands. Last month, Iran's parliament passed legislation to raise...

February 2, 2022
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November 2017

21Nov

Iran’s Pension Funds: An Unfolding Crisis

Disputes over Iranian pension funds are coming to a boil, a former official with Social Security Organization in Legal and Parliamentary Affairs said. In a lecture titled “A Glance at the State of Pension Funds” at the Institute of Religion and Economic Studies in Tehran on Thursday, Mohsen Izadkhah also sought to scrutinize this unfolding crisis, the Persian daily Shargh reported. Excerpts of his speech follow: Iran’s social security system is built on the Iranian Constitution, the 20-Year Vision Plan (2005-25), “Law...

November 21, 2017
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