Media Advisory: UANI and Iran180 to Protest Companies Economically Tied to Iran in NYC Today

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 10, 2011 Contact: Nathan Carleton, press@uani.com Phone: (212) 554-3296 *****MEDIA ADVISORY***** UANI and Iran180 to Protest Companies Economically Tied to Iran in NYC Today Siemens, Sinopec, Eni, Essar Oil and Nokia Siemens Networks Will Be Protested New York, NY - United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) and Iran180 will be conducting protests today on Friday June 10, 2011 at the New York offices of major multinational corporations which do extensive business with Iran. Demonstrators will ask to speak with representatives from the companies and will present a list of demands. The demonstrations will include performances by a ten-foot tall Mahmoud Ahmadinejad puppet and street theater actors. WHO: United Against Nuclear Iran and Iran180 WHAT: Protest against companies economically tied to Iran's regime WHEN: Friday, June 10, 2011 from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM. WHERE: 1:00 PM - Eni, a major integrated Italian energy company which according to The New York Times "has openly admitted in filings that their activities in Iran potentially violated U.S. sanctions." 485 Madison Avenue, 6th Floor (corner of Madison and 52nd) 1:25 PM - Sinopec, a Chinese petroleum company involved in oil exploration and production in Iran as well as gasoline supply. 410 Park Avenue, Ste. 22 (Corner of Park and 55th) 1:50 PM - Siemens AG, the German engineering conglomerate. Siemens continues to do business with Iran despite having pledged to stop accepting new orders. 601 Lexington Avenue, 56th floor (corner of Lexington and 53rd) 2:15 PM - Essar Oil, a fully integrated Indian oil and gas company and a major purchaser of Iranian crude oil. 145 East 43rd Street, 36th Floor (43rd St. between 3rd and Lexington) 2:40 PM - Nokia Siemens Networks, implicated in 2009 for providing critical technology to the Iranian government which allowed it to intercept citizens' internet communications. 24 West 44th Street (44th St. between 5th and 6th Ave) WHY: The event will serve to increase the level of pressure on companies that continue to have economic ties with a regime that brutally suppresses its own people. By condemning companies that do business with the Iranian regime, the event will demand those corporations stop enabling Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his corrupt leadership, and it will serve to mark the second anniversary of the unjust 2009 Iranian presidential elections. 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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