Today, Sunday, July 27, 2025, much like the days before, the stark face of the economic crisis and the anti-people policies of the authorities was once again etched across the country—in the form of constant protests, collective outcries, and deadly incidents striking the working class.

In Tehran, retired educators from the class of 2024 gathered outside the Ministry of Education and Parliament, demanding payment of their long-promised pension equalization arrears—pledges left unfulfilled for more than a year.

Nurses in several cities—including Shiraz, Sabzevar, Tehran, and Hormozgan—voiced complaints over millions being cut from their July wages and unpaid overtime. The state-controlled Nursing Organization and outlets like ILNA downplay the crisis, avoiding any precise account of reality, while nurses endure meager pay, unbearable workload, and the absence of independent organization.

At least three protest gatherings by Social Security pensioners were held in Tehran, Rasht, and Kermanshah. Their shared demands included payment of back pay, raising pensions in line with the cost of living, and enforcing long-ignored social security laws.

In Kermanshah, farmers protested outside the provincial governor’s office against the ongoing delays in wheat payment—yet another sign of the collapse of the government’s support structures and the growing anger across different sectors of production.

Two tragic incidents claimed the lives of two workers:
• One in the Sulabdar oil field (Gachsaran), due to a falling pipe and delayed rescue.
• Another, Alireza Jenami, a seismic survey worker, who died in the marshes of Chouebdeh because of the lack of safety measures and emergency services.

Meanwhile, workers at the Chah-Morghi mine in Khorram Bid, Fars, protested months of unpaid wages and the suspension of their insurance. The employer—despite hundreds of billions in turnover—once again blamed a “lack of liquidity.”

On the same day, a worker was injured in a shop fire in Arak—yet another reminder that, on average, 27 workers in the country die or are injured every day due to the absence of workplace safety.

Amid all these crises, the shortage of construction labor following the mass expulsion of Afghan migrants has now become glaring. The regime’s inhumane policies, which forced millions of migrants out of the country, have pushed the labor market into stagnation and driven up costs—despite the fact that these same migrant workers, subjected to extreme exploitation without insurance or safety, had been the backbone of many key industries.

Today’s situation once again shows that no minor reform can put an end to the relentless suffering and death of workers, pensioners, nurses, farmers, and migrants. The current political and economic order is in its very essence inhumane. Only fundamental change offers a way forward.