In Case You Missed It: UANI Featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times

In Case You Missed It: UANI Featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times UK Bank Standard Chartered Exits Iran Amid International Pressure By Benoit Faucon The Wall Street Journal May 9, 2012 Standard Chartered PLC has pulled out of Iran after decades of having a presence, the latest bank to exit the lucrative market amid mounting international pressure. ... Kristen Silverberg, the newly appointed president of New York-based pressure group United Against Nuclear Iran, welcomed Standard Chartered's decision to end its business in Iran. "We call on other banks around the world to follow Standard Chartered by pulling out of Iran, and completely cut off the regime's access to international markets," said Ms Silverberg, a former U.S. ambassador to the European Union. ... Click here to read the full article. European Countries Seek Easing of Provision Included in Iranian Oil Embargo By Rick Gladstone The New York Times May 10, 2012 Britain said Thursday that it was in talks with other European Union members about possibly easing a provision of their Iran oil embargo, set to begin in less than two months, that could cause harmful and unintended side effects because it bans Europe-based insurers from covering any ships that carry Iranian oil anywhere in the world. Such an easing would most likely be welcomed by Iran as well as non-European buyers of Iranian oil, and it could reduce a potential cause of spiking oil prices. But advocates of aggressive sanctions against Iran argue that it could also subvert the underlying purpose of pressuring Iran, a major exporter of oil. ... Most big maritime insurers and underwriters are based in Europe, and other buyers of Iranian oil are finding it increasingly difficult to buy the required liability insurance needed to ship it as the embargo's July 1 enforcement date looms. ... Proponents of the sanctions, reacting to a possible delay in the insurance ban, were angry. "Iran's economy is feeling the impact of international sanctions, and it is now time to not only keep that pressure on, but increase it," Mark D. Wallace, the chief executive of United Against Nuclear Iran, a New York-based advocacy group, said in a statement. "The regime will not change course due to half measures." ... Click here to read the full article. ###

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.