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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 9, 2012
Phone: (212) 554-3296
UANI Applauds Italian Energy Company Edison for Withdrawing from Iran's Energy Sector
Now, Edison has confirmed that it will "withdraw from Iran's energy sector, specifically its contract to explore Iran's Dayyer natural gas field."
Said UANI CEO, Ambassador Mark D. Wallace:
Edison has made the responsible decision to pull out of Iran's energy sector. We applaud Edison, and urge other firms cited by the GAO for their Iran activities - such as Daelim and Hyundai Heavy Industries - to follow suit. We thank Edison for their cooperation with UANI over the past months.
Edison is a prominent leader in Europe's energy sector, and has now sent the Iranian regime a powerful message. No longer will companies do business as usual with Iran as it pursues a nuclear weapons capability, sponsors terrorism worldwide, and oppresses its citizens.
In the GAO's 2011 report, Edison SpA was listed as one of sixteen foreign firms involved in the Iranian oil, gas, or petrochemical sectors, according to open sources.
Click here to read UANI's November 29 letter to Edison.
Click here to learn more about UANI's GAO 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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