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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 20, 2012
Phone: (212) 554-3296
UANI Calls on GM's Partner Peugeot to Stop Its Ongoing Shipments to Iran
Once again, we are seeing evidence that Peugeot continues to do business in Iran despite claims by GM and Peugeot that such business has been suspended. Industry data released just this week shows that in the month of May, Peugeot continued to be the top foreign automotive brand produced in Iran, with more than 25,000 units manufactured. It is time for Peugeot and its U.S. partner GM to come clean, and stop working with entities controlled by the Iranian regime and associated with Iran's brutal Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
The only responsible course is for Peugeot and GM to fully end their business in Iran--not just for a couple months, but until the Iranian regime stops its sponsorship of terrorism and nuclear pursuits. It is completely unacceptable that GM, which is currently co-owned by U.S. taxpayers, continues to financially partner with a company aligned with a regime that sponsors terrorists and kills U.S. servicemen.
While Peugeot and General Motors (GM) have claimed that Peugeot suspended its Iran business until September, numerous reports out of Iran this year reveal that Peugeot actually has maintained its business in Iran. In the latest report, a source at IKCO stated: "There is not any problem in shipments of Peugeot product parts - shipments of Peugeot are continuing here."
"The GM-Peugeot partnership seems to run afoul of U.S. sanctions," wrote Ambassador Wallace, "and it should be investigated." He called on GM and Peugeot "to take the responsible action of evaluating Peugeot's business in Iran, and putting a complete and final end to it."
UANI has developed model legislation, the DRIVE Act, to force auto manufacturers to choose between American taxpayers and the regime. The DRIVE Act requires automakers to certify they are not engaged in any business in Iran, or engaged in the implementation of any agreement with Iranian entities in order to be eligible for U.S. government contracts or financial assistance.
Click here to read the Just-Auto report, "IKCO and Peugeot at loggerheads on Tehran shipments."
Click here to read Ambassador Wallace's recent Detroit News Op-Ed, "Why is U.S.-owned GM partnering with company that does business with Iran?"
Click here to read UANI's March 9 letter to GM.
Click here to read UANI's April 10 letter to Peugeot.
Click here to read UANI's March 9 letter to Peugeot.
Click here to send a message to Peugeot and GM.
Click here to visit UANI's "Auto Campaign" page.
Click here to read UANI's "DRIVE Act" legislation.
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