University staff, health workers, drivers, and laid-off workers are protesting unpaid wages, mass layoffs, and worsening living conditions. At the same time, teachers are openly backing the student uprising—showing growing unity across society.
With economic pressure rising and repression continuing, anger is spreading fast. Calls for nationwide unity and organised protests are getting stronger:
25–26 April 2026
University staff protest delayed wages and discrimination
The Central Council of University Employees has issued a protest letter condemning delays in April salary payments and ongoing wage discrimination.
In their statement, they highlight months of inequality in the pay system and stress that delayed salaries have further intensified economic pressure. They emphasise that employees are not responsible for the country’s current crisis and demand an end to discrimination and immediate payment of overdue wages.
Health Workers protest in Yazd
On 25 April, employees of the Yazd Health Centre gathered for the second consecutive day in front of the governor’s office.
They protested worsening living conditions, unpaid wages, exhausting working conditions, and low salaries.
Drivers protest unpaid wages and job uncertainty
On the same day, drivers and defrauded workers of the Global Transport Company protested in front of the governor’s office in Tabriz.
These drivers have not been paid for six months and have been banned from working by order of the prosecutor since March. Their cases remain unresolved, and even those whose contracts have been terminated have not received their money.
Their immediate demands are clear: resolution of their employment status, payment of unpaid wages, and compensation.
Teachers’ Union supports student uprising
The Teachers’ Trade Association of Iran (Tehran) has issued a statement supporting the student uprising.
The statement emphasises that student protests are inseparable from the struggles of teachers, workers, pensioners, and other sections of society, all reflecting a broader structural crisis of inequality, economic hardship, and blocked avenues for expressing demands.
The union calls for:
- An immediate end to repression and security crackdowns on students
- Withdrawal of paramilitary forces from universities
- Immediate release of detained students
- Cancellation of disciplinary and judicial cases against protesters
- Recognition of the right to protest and protection of civil and political rights
The statement concludes by calling on all social organisations to take a united stand, stressing that solidarity strengthens resistance while fragmentation empowers repression.
Mass layoffs fuel anger
Reports indicate widespread layoffs across industries.
At Borujerd Textile, at least 700 workers have been dismissed since the start of the year after contracts ended. At Pink Manufacturing Company, around 500 workers on temporary contracts have been laid off due to raw material shortages and power outages.
These mass layoffs, combined with unpaid wages and severe economic conditions, are intensifying anger in workplaces.
Rising protests and call for unity
Across different sectors, protests are growing in response to layoffs, unpaid wages, and worsening living conditions.
The call from workers is clear: unite across workplaces and organise nationwide action against dismissals, wage delays, and poverty-level pay.
Worker-communist Party of Iran
26 April 2026
