UANI Applauds Transammonia for Ending Its Business in Iran

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 14, 2010 Contact: Kimmie Lipscomb, mailto:press@unitedagainstnucleariran.com Phone: (212) 554-3296 UANI Applauds Transammonia for Ending Its Business in Iran New York, NY - UANI applauds Transammonia for ending its business in Iran. Following CNBC's segment highlighting Transammonia's business in Iran, UANI, on December 10, 2010, called on Transammonia to sever ties with Iran. Transammonia responded to UANI on December 13, 2010, and made the following announcement regarding its business in Iran: Trammo Trading AG concluded that it would begin withdrawing from activities with Iran, subject to any existing contractual obligations. The wind down will be completed as early as possible, but no later than the end of the first half of 2011. Responding to Transammonia's decision, UANI President, Ambassador Mark D. Wallace, said: It is unfortunate that private companies persist in hiding behind foreign subsidiaries to conduct business in Iran. We applaud CNBC for shining a bright spotlight on Transammonia's business in Iran and we applaud Transammonia's quick decision to cease that business. Public pressure on companies like Transammonia that do business in Iran for short-term profit will always compel these companies to make the right decision and to end their business in Iran. # # # Click here to read UANI's letter to Transammonia. Click here to view the CNBC segment on Transammonia. 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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