UANI Calls for International Banking Blockade on Iran

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 16, 2012 Contact: Nathan Carleton, press@uani.com Phone: (212) 554-3296 UANI Calls for International Banking Blockade on Iran New York, NY- On Friday, UANI called on President Obama and U.S. Congress to impose an international banking blockade on Iran, and sanction all Iranian financial institutions in order to stymie efforts by the Iranian regime to utilize non-sanctioned banks to circumvent efforts to sever Iran from the international financial system. United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) CEO, Ambassador Mark D. Wallace, issued the following statement: In the aftermath of the decision by SWIFT to discontinue its services to Iranian financial institutions subject to EU sanctions, President Obama and Congress should sanction all Iranian banks and take action to compel SWIFT to comply with U.S. law. Iran should be cut off from the international banking system and all responsible countries and institutions must comply with the international banking blockade and U.S. law and cease transactions with Iranian banks. Click here to read UANI's press release on SWIFT's recent announcement. ### 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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