IRNA - The Iranians believe that restored US Sanctions are counterproductive and that they hurt ordinary people, an American peace activist that recently visited Iran told IRNA. Medea Benjamin, co-founder of the women-led peace group CODEPINK, who recently travelled to Iran to hold talks with Iranian academics, politicians, including Foreign Minister ...

IRNA - American political activist and the co-founder of Code Pink who had left Iran recently said that she together with the US delegation were greeted by FBI agents when they arrived in their own country. Speaking in an interview with 'Real News Network', Medea Benjamin said: 'Not only did Ann Wright and I get called to secondary screening, but ...

FNA - The co-founder of Pinkcode, an anti-war NGO based in the US, blasted members of the Congress for supporting the anti-Iran Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO, also known as the MEK, PMOI and NCRI) terrorist group. Speaking at a press conference at FNA College of Journalism in Tehran on Tuesday, Medea Benjamin, the co-founder of Codepink: Women ...

Press TV - The administration of US President Donald Trump is attempting to demonize Iran in order to prepare Americans for another possible war in the Middle East following Washingtons failed invasion of Iraq, says an American political activist. The rhetoric against Iran coming from hawkish US officials resembles the language used against ...

IRNA - The US peace activist Medea Benjamin who recently protested Washingtons warmongering policies against Iran in a message sympathized with victims of the deadly attack in southwestern Iran. 'What a horrific day for the people of #Iran in #Ahvaz, who suffered a terrorist attack that killed 26 people and wounded over 50. @CODEPINK, our hearts go ...

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IRNA The US peace activist Medea Benjamin said it is 'quite hypocritical' that Washington encourages protests inside Iran but does not accept it inside its own land. The co-founder of the Code Pink Institute made the remarks while commenting on the aggressive way she was treated after she protested to remarks made by the US special envoy for Iran ...

IRNA US peace activist Medea Benjamin on Wednesday protested to Washingtons warmongering policies against Iran after a speech by head of US think tank Brian Hook. Benjamin, 66, is the co-founder of Code Pink institute which introduces itself as a 'grassroots peace and social justice movement working to end U.S.-funded wars and occupations. 'You ...

IRNA Saudi Arabia has become emboldened by the silence of the US government, as well as the contradiction in the Western countries foreign policy that are selling weapons to Riyadh and at the same time condemning its war crimes, a US human right activist said. Speaking to Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) on the latest Saudi-led coalitions war ...