Statement by UANI President, Ambassador Mark D. Wallace, on the Manhattan District Attorney's Indictment of Iran Shipping Lines

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 20, 2011 Contact: Nathan Carleton, press@uani.com Phone: (212) 554-3296 Statement by UANI President, Ambassador Mark D. Wallace, on the Manhattan District Attorney's Indictment of Iran Shipping Lines New York, New York - United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) today applauded Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. for his indictment of the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) and 15 other defendants involved in Iran's efforts to illegally funnel money through U.S. clearing banks. UANI has previously called on international shipping companies to stop their business in Iran given the regime's deceptive shipping and business practices. United Against Nuclear Iran President, Ambassador Mark Wallace, issued the following statement: This indictment further highlights Iran's deceptive shipping and business practices, and is all the more reason why shipping companies around the world should immediately stop doing business with Iran. The regime has once again shown how far it will go to deceive the world and violate sanctions as it continues to obtain technology and supplies for its illegal nuclear weapons program. UANI applauds District Attorney Vance for his diligence in enforcing the law, and urges other District Attorneys in America to prosecute companies in their jurisdictions who continue doing business in Iran. Click here to read UANI's Executive Research Report, "Iran's Exploitation of the Shipping Industry." ### 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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