Following Corporate March, UANI Asks Eni to Clarify Its Business with Iran

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 19, 2011 Contact: Nathan Carleton, press@uani.com Phone: (212) 554-3296 Following Corporate March, UANI Asks Eni to Clarify Its Business with Iran New York, NY - On Tuesday, United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) released a letter it sent to the CEO of Italian multinational oil and gas company Eni, regarding the state of Eni's business in Iran. UANI is asking Eni to affirm whether it has ended or will be ending its business in Iran, as an Eni executive indicated at a June 10 protest outside of Eni's New York offices. [Watch video of the protest here] On June 10, UANI and Iran 180 conducted protests outside of Eni's Madison Avenue offices as part of a series of demonstrations at the offices of major multinational corporations that do business with Iran. The protests were featured in a news segment on New York's Fox 5 News. UANI and Iran 180 drew attention to Eni's ongoing business in Iran's energy sector and its large purchases of Iranian crude oil. During the protest, Enzo Viscusi, Senior Adviser from Eni, spoke to UANI and Iran 180 and read a statement indicating that Eni will end its business in Iran. Said UANI President, Ambassador Mark D. Wallace: On June 10, Mr. Viscusi indicated that Eni had ended all of its energy-related business with Iran, including oil development projects and the purchasing of Iranian crude oil. If this is the case, UANI and Iran 180 will applaud Eni for making the responsible, ethical decision to end its business and investment activities in Iran. UANI and Iran 180 have shown that grassroots organizations can successfully use corporate marches to pressure and shed light on companies that engage in irresponsible business activities. UANI will continue to pressure companies that do business in Iran, and encourage them to pull out of Iran and stop empowering the Iranian regime. Click here to watch video of the protest at Eni's New York offices. Click here to read the letter sent to the CEO of Eni. ### 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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