UANI Calls on Nokia and Nokia Siemens to End Their Business in Iran

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 1, 2010 Contact: Kimmie Lipscomb, press@uani.com Phone: (212) 554-3296 UANI Calls on Nokia and Nokia Siemens to End Their Business in Iran New York, NY - United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) on Thursday called on Nokia and Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) to end their business in Iran and to follow the lead of other responsible companies. NSN's business dealings in Iran constitute a violation of U.S. law, and may preclude NSN from conducting business with the U.S. Government. In a letter to Stephen Elop, the President and CEO of Nokia, UANI President, Ambassador Mark D. Wallace, wrote: The technologies that you have provided, and continue to provide, are being used by the Iranian regime to oppress the Iranian people and permit the regime to engage in egregious human rights violations. On July 1, 2010, President Obama signed into law new Iran sanctions legislation, the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (CISADA). NSN should also take special note of "Section 106. Prohibition on Procurement Contracts with Persons that Export Sensitive Technology to Iran" of CISADA. This provision specifically targets "hardware, software, telecommunications equipment, or any other technology...used specifically... (A) to restrict the free flow of unbiased information in Iran; or (B) to disrupt, monitor, or otherwise restrict speech of the people of Iran." (Section 106, CISADA). The imperative of ending its business in Iran applies not only to NSN, but to Nokia as well, which operates an office in Iran and has reported to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that its market share in Iran is growing. Please be advised that CISADA expressly prohibits companies like NSN from entering into new or renewing any contracts with the U.S. government (Section 106, CISADA) should NSN's business dealings in Iran continue. In recent years, NSN has been awarded $29.1 million in U.S. government contracts. (www.USASpending.gov). It is time to follow the lead of other responsible companies and stop putting short-term profits ahead of the lasting damage to not only your corporate image, but more importantly, to the people of Iran and the international community. Please let us hear from you by October 14, 2010 as to whether or not you will take action to end NSN's business in Iran. Click here to send a message to Nokia and Nokia Siemens. Click here to read the full text of the letter to Nokia. Click here to learn more about the Iran Disclosure Project. # # # 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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