US EditionDozens of veterans arrested at Capitol during protest against Iran war
At least 62 veterans were arrested after occupying the Cannon House Office Building to demand an end to U.S. military action against Iran.
- Capitol Police arrested at least 62 Veterans on Monday after they occupied the Cannon House Office Building to protest President Donald Trump's war on Iran.
- President Trump threatened over the weekend to bomb Iranian civilian infrastructure unless Iran agreed to a deal, warning, "the whole country is going to get blown up."
- Demonstrators conducted a flag-folding ceremony symbolizing the 13 Veterans who died in the War, holding red tulips to honor Iranians killed by strikes before Capitol Police zip-tied them and led them away.
- Mike Prysner, executive director of the CCW and Iraq War veteran, encouraged Service members to become conscientious objectors, stating, "conscientious objection is your legal right."
- Protesters demanded House Speaker Mike Johnson accept the folded flag and pledge to halt War funding, escalating pressure on congressional leadership over the ongoing conflict.
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Over 120 former US military personnel have occupied the Cannon House Office Building of the US Congress, in a demonstration against Israel’s genocide in Gaza and its joint war with the US on Iran. US veterans take action The US Veterans against Genocide group, some of them holding folded US flags signifying fallen comrades or loved ones and others wearing keffiyehs, stood silently: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Canary (@the…
Around 150 veterans demonstrated against the Iran war in a Congress building in Washington D.C. on Monday. Capitol police dissolved the protest. More than 60 demonstrators were arrested.
Dozens nabbed at Capitol during protest against Iran war
TEHRAN, Apr. 21 (MNA) – Dozens of veterans and military family members protesting the against war on Iran were arrested by US Capitol Police on Monday after they occupied the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, DC.
U.S. authorities have arrested more than 60 people this Monday, including dozens of Army veterans and their families, in a protest against the Iran war in which they have come to occupy the Cannon office building of the House of Representatives in Washington DC. Specifically, a minimum of 32 people have been arrested during the said demonstration, organized by several veteran groups, including About Face, the Center for Conscience and War (CCW),…
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