UANI Applauds Komatsu For Ending Its Business in Iran

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 10, 2010 Contact: Kimmie Lipscomb, press@uani.com Phone: (212) 554-3296 UANI Applauds Komatsu For Ending Its Business in Iran New York, NY - United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) applauds Japanese construction conglomerate Komatsu for its decision to end its business in Iran. UANI, on July 29, 2010, called on Komatsu to cease doing business with Iran. Komatsu's business in Iran enabled the sale, assembly and manufacture of construction equipment that has been used in Iran's energy sector. The oil and gas sector in Iran is dominated by the IRGC, an entity that is the principal player in Iran's nuclear weapons program and is also on the U.S. State Department's Terrorism List. UANI thanks Komatsu for its decision not to accept "any order for new equipment from any distributor for sale in Iran after October 1, 2010." Additionally, UANI appreciates the steps Komatsu has taken to end service activities to end-users in Iran. Komatsu's decision to end its business in Iran in response to UANI's pressure campaign was announced Thursday on CNBC's Street Signs with Erin Burnett. Speaking of Komatsu's decision, UANI President, Ambassador Mark D. Wallace, said: Komatsu joins the growing coalition of responsible corporations that are standing up to the threat to international peace and security posed by Iran's nuclear weapons program. Komatsu's actions send a clear message to the Iranian regime that its continued defiance of the international community will only serve to isolate Iran and further pressure its already weakened economy. With the assistance of companies like Komatsu, international sanctions and economic pressure are beginning to have an impact on the Iranian leadership. UANI is pleased to add Komatsu to the list of corporations that have joined our effort to economically isolate Iran because of its illicit pursuit of a nuclear weapon. Click here to read UANI's letter to Komatsu, dated July 29, 2010. Click here to read UANI's thank you letter to Komatsu. # # # 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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