NEW YORK: Four anti-war activists, including Cindy Sheehan, accompanying a group of Iraqi women were arrested by New York police at the US Mission to the United Nations on Monday afternoon after they attempted to deliver a petition signed by 60,000 people demanding end to Iraq war.

The arrests took place after the US Mission to the UN refused to meet the delegation of women visiting from Iraq and Gold Star Families for Peace.

Those arrested were Cindy Sheehan, Gold Star Families for Peace; Medea Benjamin, co-founder of CODEPINK: Women for Peace; Missy Beattie, Gold Star Families for Peace; and Rev. Patricia Ackerman.

Earlier a delegation of women from Iraq and Gold Star Families for Peace had just concluded a press conference at the United Nations, calling for an end to the US occupation of Iraq.