UANI Applauds Obama Administration, Britain, Canada, for Implementing New Sanctions Against Iran, Calls for Sanctioning Central Bank

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 21, 2011 Contact: Nathan Carleton, press@uani.com Phone: (212) 554-3296 UANI Applauds Obama Administration, Britain, Canada, for Implementing New Sanctions Against Iran, Calls for Sanctioning Central Bank New York, NY - United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) President, Ambassador Mark D. Wallace, issued the following statement today following the Obama administration's announcement of new sanctions against Iran: We applaud the Obama administration, Britain, and Canada for increasing sanctions against Iran. Iran's continued defiance of the international community proves that the U.S. and its allies need to quickly and significantly ramp up the pressure on the regime, to compel it into changing course. Today's announcement is no replacement, however, for comprehensive sanctions against Iran's Central Bank, and we hope the Obama administration will implement those in the near future. Sanctions against Bank Markazi have the support of 92 U.S. Senators, and have now been introduced through amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act. Such sanctions are an important and decisive step to isolate Iran and must be imposed. ### 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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