On Saturday the city of Ilam in western Iran witnessed two protest rallies.

A group of employees of a contract petrochemical company staged a rally demanding their promised New Year bonuses. This gathering was held outside the financial bureau of this company.

A group of people seeking to purchase homes from the Iranian regime’s ‘Maskan Mehr’ housing project rallied in a city square after not receiving their homes which they had already provided down payments for. These individuals had paid 400 million rials (over $11,000) in the past 3 years and requested loans to purchase their homes, yet they have seen no advances other than the initial construction of their homes.