Iran’s Retirees Protest War and Poverty as Food Prices Soar and Regime Insiders Warn of Divisions

Three-minute read Retirees protesting across Iran on November 1 openly challenged the ruling establishment’s spending priorities, linking poverty and unpaid benefits to corruption, war and repression. The demonstrations coincided with a sharp government increase in wheat prices and unusually candid warnings from establishment figures that inequality, intelligence failures and political infighting are undermining regime stability. […]


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