UANI Applauds U.S. Treasury for Fining CMA CGM and Renews Call on CMA CGM to End its Business in Iran

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 22, 2011 Contact: Nathan Carleton, press@uani.com Phone: (212) 554-3296 UANI Applauds U.S. Treasury for Fining CMA CGM and Renews Call on CMA CGM to End its Business in Iran New York, NY - United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) condemned French shipping company CMA CGM, following the U.S. Treasury Department's recent fine against it for its illegal shipments to and from Iran and other sanctioned nations. UANI has repeatedly called for an investigation into CMA CGM's Iran business and highlighted the Iranian regime's exploitation of the shipping industry. UANI President, Ambassador Mark Wallace, issued the following statement: The U.S. Treasury's decision to fine CMA CGM for its work with Iran further confirms the legal lines CMA CGM risks violating in continuing to do business there. It is highly irresponsible for CMA CGM to maintain its business in Iran following multiple occasions of CMA CGM vessels being seized and found to contain weapons headed to or from Iran in violation of international law and UN Security Council Resolutions. Until CMA CGM pulls out of Iran, it is continuing to facilitate Iran's support for terrorism and its efforts to build nuclear weapons. CMA CGM should fully end its business in Iran now and show the world that it is a responsible corporation. Last week, the U.S. Treasury Department fined CMA CGM for violating trade laws with Iran and other sanctioned nations. At least three CMA CGM vessels have been seized recently and found to contain weapons headed to or from Iran. On March 9, United Against Nuclear Iran first called on CMA CGM, the world's third-largest container shipping company, to end its business in Iran. Click here to send a message to CMA CGM. Click here to read the U.S. Treasury Department release on the CMA CGM fine. 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.