Statement by UANI on IAEA Report

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 8, 2011 Contact: Nathan Carleton, press@uani.com Phone: (212) 554-3296 Statement by UANI on IAEA Report New York, NY - United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) President, Ambassador Mark D. Wallace, issued the following statement regarding the IAEA Board of Governors' report, "Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement and relevant provisions of Security Council resolutions in the Islamic Republic of Iran": The IAEA report on Iran fully confirms that the Iranian regime is charging forward on the path to possessing nuclear weapons, and will have them soon unless something is done. President Obama must now make clear to Iran's ruling theocracy, through public and private channels, that Tehran's illegal pursuit of nuclear weapons, support for terrorists, killing of U.S. troops, and plots against the U.S. must stop immediately, or Iran will face consequences including military retaliation for further acts of war. President Obama should immediately sanction Iran's Central Bank - an action which has the support of 92 U.S. senators but has reportedly been tabled by the Obama administration. Sanctioning the Central Bank would sever Iran from the international banking system and hinder its ability to trade. The Obama administration must also enforce existing provisions in Iranian energy sanctions, such as the certification requirement which bans companies that do business in Iran's oil sector from receiving U.S.-government contracts. Lawmakers in Washington should also close the foreign-subsidiary loophole in U.S. law, which some American companies are irresponsibly using to circumvent long-standing bans on trade with Iran. ### 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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