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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 28, 2012
Contact: Nathan Carleton, press@uani.com
Phone: (212) 554-3296
UANI Statement on Amnesty International's New Iran Report
New York, NY - United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) President, Ambassador Mark D. Wallace, issued the following statement today regarding Amnesty International's new report, "'WE ARE ORDERED TO CRUSH YOU': Expanding Repression of Dissent in Iran:"
Amnesty International's latest report details the sheer brutality and lawlessness of the Iranian regime, as well as the gruesome actions it takes to stifle dissent. To prevent the Arab Spring from spreading to Iran, the regime last year intensified its efforts to repress human rights defenders, and conducted four times as many public executions as in the previous year. Amnesty also confirms that the regime executes juveniles and homosexuals, burns and rapes prisoners, taps phone lines, and shuts off SMS services during times of political protest.
It is incumbent on the world's businesses to understand the gravity of the human rights situation in Iran, and stop doing work there. Any company that does business in Iran is not only financially enabling the regime, but also risks having its products misused for nefarious ends. For example, at any hour the regime could be using MTN cellular technology to monitor dissidents, Fiat vehicles to transport missiles, and XCMG cranes to stage public executions. Companies need to act responsibly, and pull out of Iran until the regime decides to start abiding by international law.
Click here to read Ambassador Wallace and UANI Board Member Irwin Cotler's recent Op-Ed, "To Protect Human Rights, Companies Must Pull Out Of Iran."
Click here to read Ambassador Wallace's 2011 Los Angeles Times Op-Ed, "Iran's Execution Binge."
Click here to learn more about UANI's Tech & Telecom campaign.
Click here to learn more about UANI's Cranes campaign.
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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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