# ‘I’m spending my savings just to survive’: Iran’s economic crisis fuels new protests

https://mins.news/en/item/53193

- France 24, 2026-09-10 14:30 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260910-iran-economic-crisis-protests-war-repression

> Despite severe security risks and an ongoing war, retirees, nurses, workers, teachers and students have staged sit-ins and protests across Iran since this summer, most often over economic hardship. Prices are rising every few hours, salaries and pensions have gone unpaid for months, and unemployment is increasing; Observers say life is becoming “impossible”.

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