Dear John,

With the legacy of Trump’s disastrous actions on Iran, we need the Biden administration to radically reverse course, including rejoining the nuclear deal and lifting the sanctions. Will he? CODEPINK CONGRESS will feature two fantastic Iran experts, Trita Parsi and Negar Mortazavi. Guests will join Medea Benjamin, Co-founder, CODEPINK; Marcy Winograd, Coordinator, CODEPINK CONGRESS; and Hanieh Jodat Barnes, President, Muslim Delegates and Allies. Join us next Tuesday!

Trita Parsi, an award-winning author, is the co-founder and executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, as well as the founder and former president of the National Iranian American Council.

Negar Mortazavi is an Iranian-American journalist and political analyst covering Iran in English and Persian. She is a columnist for The Independent and host of the Iran Podcast.

Following our guests’ presentations and Q & A, we will host our Capitol Hill Calling Party to urge our reps to promote a return to the Iran nuclear agreement (JCPOA), lift the sanctions that have been so harmful to the Iranian people, and promote broader discussions with Iran to solve the many conflicts in the region.

Join us in making sure that Biden keeps his promise to go back into the Iran nuclear deal. RSVP now!

Summary of our meeting on 1/19: We were joined by Dr. Aisha Jumaan, an epidemiologist and president of the Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation, and Hassan El-Tayyab, the lead Middle East lobbyist for the Friends Committee on National Legislation for a conversation on ending US support for the war on Yemen. Watch here, and contact your Congresspeople to demand an end to US arms sales to Saudi Arabia!

Finally, we invite you to join our CODEPINK Congress Google Group, a space for sharing events and actions and having meaningful discussions. Request to be added here!

Onward toward peace and justice,
Medea, Marcy, Hanieh, and the entire CODEPINK team

P.S.: CODEPINK is hiring! Check out our three open positions! Plus, Check out our weekly CODEPINK podcast on Spotify!