UANI Applauds U.S. Congressmen for Raising Concerns Over India’s Iran Business, Calls on India to Stop Buying Oil from Iran

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 16, 2012 Contact: Nathan Carleton, press@uani.com Phone: (212) 554-3296 UANI Applauds U.S. Congressmen for Raising Concerns Over India's Iran Business, Calls on India to Stop Buying Oil from Iran New York, NY - United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) President, Ambassador Mark D. Wallace, issued the following statement today regarding the Wednesday letter U.S. Representative Steve Israel [D-NY] and U.S. Representative Richard Hanna [R-NY] sent to India's Ambassador to the United States: We applaud Representatives Israel and Hanna for raising the important issue of India's unfortunate desire to increase its economic presence in Iran. As the Congressmen explained, it is of great concern that one of America's key international partners plans to send a large trade delegation to Iran in the coming days, and has passed China as the world's top buyer of Iranian crude oil. At a time when the Iranian regime has become more dangerous and threatening than ever, most of the world has united in trying to economically pressure the regime and force a change in its behavior through sanctions and embargoes. By increasing its business in Iran, India risks negating the hard work its allies have done to sanction the regime and cut off its oil trade and capital. We call on India to cancel its planned trade exploration trip to Iran, stop buying Iran's oil, and join the international effort to isolate the regime. We also call on other U.S. lawmakers to join Representatives Israel and Hanna in this important effort. ### 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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