UANI Statement on Action by Obama Administration and U.S. Congress to Sanction Iran

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 30, 2012 Contact: Nathan Carleton, press@uani.com Phone: (212) 554-3296 UANI Statement on Action by Obama Administration and U.S. Congress to Sanction Iran New York, NY - United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) CEO, Ambassador Mark D. Wallace, issued the following statement today regarding news that the Obama administration plans to move forward with sanctions against Iran's oil industry, and also following news that U.S. Reps. Ted Deutch and Robert Dold have introduced legislation to sanction companies that invest or conduct transactions in the Iranian energy sector: We applaud the Obama administration, Congressmen Deutch, and Congressman Dold for taking action to tighten sanctions against Iran. Now is the time for the strongest and most robust sanctions against the regime in history. UANI has, since its founding, consulted with members of Congress to devise and introduce legislation to compel corporations, firms, and financial institutions to choose between doing business with the U.S., or Iranian entities including Iran's Central Bank. We will continue to devise measures that show the Iranian regime that the U.S. and international community will under no circumstances allow a nuclear-armed Iran. UANI has regularly called for the sanctions against Iran's Central Bank the Obama administration is now enforcing, and on December 5, 2011 wrote to President Obama following reports that the Administration was opposed to such sanctions. Click here to read UANI's full December 5, 2011 letter to President Obama. Click here to learn more about UANI's Model Legislation. ### 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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