Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Reddit Email PrintA powerful wave of coordinated protests swept across Iran on Monday, September 22, 2025, revealing a nation seething with anger at the clerical regime’s systemic corruption and economic incompetence. Retirees’ Uprising Directly Confronts IRGC and Khamenei’s Financial EmpireThe most widespread actions of the day were led by retirees of the Telecommunications Company of Iran (TCI), who staged simultaneous protests in several provinces, including Tehran, Khuzestan, Kermanshah, Hamedan, Kurdistan, Fars, and Isfahan. In Ahvaz, workers from the Iran National Steel Industrial Group once again took to the streets. The workers have vowed to continue their protests until their demands are met. The slogans and targets of these protests reveal a population that has unequivocally lost all hope in the regime’s capacity for reform.