{"id":1284,"date":"2018-12-19T19:47:46","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T19:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpiran.org\/english\/?p=1284"},"modified":"2026-02-08T12:47:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T12:47:16","slug":"afraid-united-3000-retirees-chant-front-iranian-parliament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpiran.org\/english\/afraid-united-3000-retirees-chant-front-iranian-parliament\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cBe afraid, we are all united!\u201d 3000 retirees chant in front of Iranian parliament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On 18<sup>th<\/sup> December 2018, over 3000 retirees protested in front of the Iranian Majles (parliament) as the authorities failed to meet their demands and to answer them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom Ahvaz to Tehran, working people are in prison\u201d, \u201cImprisoned teachers must be freed!\u201d, \u201cSteelworkers must be freed!\u201d and \u201cBe afraid, we are all united!\u201d retirees from different industries and parts of Iran chanted at the parliament. It showed the solidarity amongst protesters in Iran.<\/p>\n<p>In the protest, the retirees raised their objection to poverty, oppression, injustice, lack of free healthcare and education, and corruption of the system and the government.<\/p>\n<p>A group of retirees in Mashahd in Korasan province also held an assembly and expressed their demands and objections.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>#WPIranNews #FightForLife #RetiredWorkers #RetireesInIran<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp; On 18th December 2018, over 3000 retirees protested in front of the Iranian Majles (parliament) as the authorities failed to meet their demands and to answer them. \u201cFrom Ahvaz to Tehran, working people are <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wpiran.org\/english\/afraid-united-3000-retirees-chant-front-iranian-parliament\/\" title=\"\u201cBe afraid, we are all united!\u201d 3000 retirees chant in front of Iranian parliament\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":988,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","iawp_total_views":4,"nfd_image_url":"","nfd_onboarding_generated":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[119,93,231,92],"class_list":["post-1284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wpirannews","tag-fightforlife","tag-retiredworkers","tag-retireesiniran","tag-wpirannews"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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