Retirees take to the streets in temperatures exceeding 50°C, denouncing low pensions, rising prices, collapsing public services, corruption, and the regime’s costly war policies. A broader protest movementThe Shush demonstration is part of a continuing wave of protests by retirees and pensioners across Iran. Retirees have repeatedly taken to the streets in recent years to demand adequate pensions, healthcare coverage, payment of outstanding benefits, and protection against inflation. For Iran’s retirees, the streets have increasingly become the only arena in which they believe their grievances can be heard. As inflation erodes pensions, healthcare becomes increasingly unaffordable, and public resources remain at the center of accusations of corruption and mismanagement, retirees are refusing to remain silent.