UANI Calls on Hilton Hotels to Refuse to Host President Ahmadinejad

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 4, 2010 Contact: Kimmie Lipscomb, press@uani.com Phone: (212) 554-3296 UANI Calls on Hilton Hotels to Refuse to Host President Ahmadinejad New York, NY - United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) on Tuesday called on Hilton Hotels to refuse to host President Ahmadinejad during his stay in New York for the meeting of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in September. In a letter to Christopher J. Nassetta, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Hilton Worldwide, and Louis Llach, the General Manager of the Hilton Manhattan East, UANI President, Ambassador Mark D. Wallace wrote: United Against Nuclear Iran ("UANI") has learned that the Hilton Manhattan East ("Hilton") is in discussions to host Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his cohorts during their stay in New York for the United Nations General Assembly in September 2010. By this letter, UANI requests that the Hilton immediately clarify and reconsider its decision and instead decline to host President Ahmadinejad. **** Simply put, it is an outrageous affront to the residents of New York City that you would host this man and his delegation. All Americans should reject your hotel and all Hilton hotels worldwide if you choose to host this illegitimate 9/11 denying regime. **** If the Hilton continues with its plans to serve as a host to President Ahmadinejad, UANI will take action against the Hilton hotel chain worldwide. UANI will call on its activists to peacefully protest your properties, and will call for a general public boycott of all Hilton properties. Moreover, please consider this letter a formal request to all Hilton properties to decline any and all hotel reservation and/or event reservation booking requests made by the Iranian government worldwide. Click here to call on Hilton Hotels to refuse to host President Ahmadinejad. Click here to read the full text of UANI's letter to Hilton Hotels. # # # 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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