In Case You Missed It: UANI's California Debarment Legislation Featured in Financial Times

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 27, 2011 Contact: Nathan Carleton, press@uani.com Phone: (212) 554-3296 In Case You Missed It: UANI's California Debarment Legislation Featured in Financial Times California Using UANI's Iran Business Registry to Vet State Contractors New York, NY - Today, the Financial Times reported on California's enforcement of the "Iran Contracting Act" and the role United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) has played in the inception of the legislation and identifying companies that do business in Iran ("California Tightens Screw on Trade with Iran," 6/27/11). UANI wrote California legislators in 2010 urging the passage of the Iran Contracting Act (Assembly Bill 1650; Blumenfield, Feuer). The legislation is an adaptation of UANI model legislation, the "Iran Business Certification Act," which was introduced in U.S. Congress as "The Accountability for Business Choices in Iran Act." Said UANI President, Ambassador Mark D. Wallace: UANI has received numerous calls in the past month from corporations pledging to end their business in Iran, and asking to be removed from UANI's Iran Business Registry. UANI will continue working with the State of California to identify companies that do business in Iran and follow up with those who have pledged to end it. UANI hopes other states will follow California's lead and pass contract debarment laws. Legislatures across America can do their part to pressure Iran's regime as it pursues an illegal nuclear weapons program and funds terrorism around the world. UANI's Iranian Business Registry (http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=hfdiftcab&et=1106265907184&s=30860&e=0013wSmo5iJZdHHdaPd6142V5b-SizxZZh1tgK4yWtUELqCkPvOyYMBGoPxPgBqj8ntgG9ELCIvbRK1PnhNpGNb-KVAsjCU9UvHOBry88dSCuQ=) is a running, public database of reputable media and academic reports of international business in Iran. Leading multinational corporations have recently contacted UANI, saying they have received letters from the State of California concerning their listings. Click here to read the Financial Times article. Click here to see UANI's model legislation page. ### 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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