Statement by UANI President, Ambassador Mark D. Wallace, on the UN Security Council's Passage of Sanctions Against Iran

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 9, 2010 Contact: Kimmie Lipscomb, press@uani.com Phone: (212) 554-3296 Statement by UANI President, Ambassador Mark D. Wallace, on the UN Security Council's Passage of Sanctions Against Iran New York, NY - United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) today applauded the UN Security Council for taking an important step in passing a fourth round of sanctions against Iran. UANI President, Ambassador Mark D. Wallace, supported this move, and called for further action: In passing a fourth round of sanctions, the United Nations Security Council has sent a clear message to Iran: the cost of pursuing an illegal nuclear weapons program is international economic isolation. While this is a clear message and an important symbol of the international community's opposition to Iran's current policy, it will not be sufficient to halt Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons. Further action is required in the form of even more meaningful sanctions. We call on the U.S. Congress to immediately pass comprehensive sanctions legislation aimed at Iran's oil industry. We call on the U.S. Government to debar companies that do business in Iran, such as Honeywell, from contracting with the U.S. Government. We call on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to take definitive action to require publicly-traded companies to disclose the full extent of their business in Iran. These measures will serve as more than a symbol of the international community's distrust of Iran's actions and intentions. They will effectively isolate Iran to the point where the regime must decide between continuing to enrich uranium and engaging in international trade. # # # United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) is a program of the American Coalition Against Nuclear Iran, Inc., a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran should concern every American and be unacceptable to the community of nations. Since 1979 the Iranian regime, most recently under President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's leadership, has demonstrated increasingly threatening behavior and rhetoric toward the US and the West. Iran continues to defy the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the United Nations in their attempts to monitor its nuclear activities. A number of Arab states have warned that Iran's development of nuclear weapons poses a threat to Middle East stability and could provoke a regional nuclear arms race. In short, the prospect of a nuclear armed Iran is a danger to world peace. United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) is a non-partisan, broad-based coalition that is united in a commitment to prevent Iran from fulfilling its ambition to become a regional super-power possessing nuclear weapons. UANI is an issue-based coalition in which each coalition member will have its own interests as well as the collective goal of advancing an Iran free of nuclear weapons. The Objectives of United Against a Nuclear Iran Inform the public about the nature of the Iranian regime, including its desire and intent to possess nuclear weapons, as well as Iran's role as a state sponsor of global terrorism, and a major violator of human rights at home and abroad; Heighten awareness nationally and internationally about the danger that a nuclear armed Iran poses to the region and the world; Mobilize public support, utilize media outreach, and persuade our elected leaders to voice a robust and united American opposition to a nuclear Iran; Lay the groundwork for effective US policies in coordination with European and other allies; Persuade the regime in Tehran to desist from its quest for nuclear weapons, while striving not to punish the Iranian people, and; Promote efforts that focus on vigorous national and international, social, economic, political and diplomatic measures. UANI is led by an advisory board of outstanding national figures representing all sectors of our country.

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