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Week Two in Iran: Rae’s diary!

Thursday, December 11, 2008

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I’m CODEPINK’s local groups coordinator, and I just returned Tuesday from a 10-day interfaith Fellowship of Reconciliation peace delegation to Iran, a group of 14 Americans. Here’s my diary of the last days of the trip!

A week in Iran: Rae’s diary

Friday, December 5, 2008

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I’m CODEPINK’s local groups coordinator, and for the past two weeks, I’ve been part of the eighth Fellowship of Reconciliation delegation to Iran, a group of 14 Americans. The delegation left the evening of Nov. 26 from New York City to Tehran, and will return December 7. (Join the virtual delegation by checking out [...]

Cheese! Rae in Iran photos

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

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Rae Abileah, a CODEPINK organizer in Iran for an interfaith citizen’s diplomacy trip, has sent some great new photos of some members of her group visiting the city of Ishafan. Enjoy!

OFFICIAL RELEASE: As Obama moves right, CODEPINK returns from Iran, calls for direct talks with Iran

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

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WASHINGTON, D.C — As President-Elect Obama continues to shift toward the right with Cabinet appointments, three American women returned from a ground-breaking citizen diplomacy trip to Iran this week calling for real policy change, including direct talks without preconditions and the lifting of economic sanctions. In the seven-day trip, Medea Benjamin, Jodie Evans and Col. (retired) [...]

Day 7 in Iran: Medea’s diary

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

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Day 6 in Iran: Medea’s diary

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

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Rae in Iran!

Monday, December 1, 2008

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Two young Jewish-American women, including CODEPINK organizer extraordinaire Rae Abileah, are currently on a two-week citizen diplomacy trip in Iran  working for political and religious peace. Abileah, 26, of California’s Bay Area and Ariel Vegosen, 28, of New York City, are two of a handful of Americans visiting there in an interfaith group to meet [...]

Day 3 in Iran: Jodie’s Diary

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

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Medea and I (CODEPINK co-founders) are spending the week in Iran on a citizen’s diplomacy visit, engaging with Iranian women’s groups and officials to build bridges and create peace from the ground up. We arrived Friday. Here’s a bit of our experience Monday (bit of time delay in getting this up…sorry!) It is our third day [...]

DAY 2 IN IRAN: JODIE’S DIARY

Monday, November 24, 2008

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The James Carville of Iran Yesterday was our “Government Meeting” day.  When we first asked to meet with people in the government, I don’t think we truly understood that it was that big of an ask.  It just doesn’t happen.  When we asked the two women members of Parliament if they’d met any other people from [...]

Day 2 in Iran: Medea’s diary

Monday, November 24, 2008

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Jodie and I (CODEPINK co-founders) are spending the week in Iran on a citizen’s diplomacy visit, engaging with Iranian women’s groups and officials to build bridges and create peace from the ground up. We arrived Friday. Here’s a bit of our experience Sunday! Before our first meeting, Jodie and I took a morning walk, looking at [...]

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