In Case You Missed It: "A Prominent Watchdog Group, United Against Nuclear Iran"

   

In Case You Missed It: "A Prominent Watchdog Group, United Against Nuclear Iran" UANI Campaigns Featured in The New York Times, Washington Post, FoxNews.com British Bank Fights U.S. Charges of Dealing With Iran By Harvey Morris The New York Times  August 7, 2012 ... Standard Chartered was itself among the targets of a "name and shame" campaign by United Against Nuclear Iran (U.A.N.I.), a non-profit group headed by Mark Wallace, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. U.A.N.I., which gave Standard Chartered a clean bill of health in May after it pulled out of Iran, returned to the attack on Monday by saying the penalties the bank now faced in the light of the latest allegations "should serve as notice to all entities and financial institutions that they will be held accountable for their business with such an unscrupulous regime." The pro-sanctions lobby can certainly argue that the measures against Iran are having an impact. The Iranian currency, the rial, is in free fall as the country braces for a fresh devaluation brought on by the economic restrictions. ... Click here to read the full article. Aide's Fees Draw Critics and, Then, Defenders By Peter Baker The New York Times  August 7, 2012 ... According to a nonpartisan advocacy group called United Against Nuclear Iran, MTN "carried out orders from the regime to shut off text messaging and Skype during times of political protest, and reportedly has a floor in its Tehran headquarters where Iranian military officials compile and access tracking data. That data has been used to track, apprehend, torture and kill regime opponents." "Simply put," the group said in a statement, "MTN has blood on its hands." The advocacy group's chief executive, Mark Wallace, and president, Kristen Silverberg, both served as advisers and ambassadors under Mr. Bush, and Ms. Silverberg is an outside adviser to Mr. Romney. But the group's advisory board also includes Democrats, and among its alumni are several who served in the Obama administration, including the former Middle East adviser, Dennis Ross, and Richard C. Holbrooke, who died in 2010. Click here to read the full article. Obama associate got $100,000 fee from affiliate of firm doing business with Iran By Tom Hamburger and Peter Wallsten The Washington Post  August 6, 2012 ... The White House on Sunday hinged its response in part on the activities of a prominent watchdog group, United Against Nuclear Iran. White House officials noted that the group did not start a public campaign against MTN Group until this year. "Seems like if MTN was a notable public problem in 2010, they might have started their campaign then," the White House said in an e-mail to The Post. Mark Wallace, the chief executive of United Against Nuclear Iran, said Sunday: "MTN was a charter member of UANI's target list - the Iran Business Registry - launched in 2009. We hope Mr. Plouffe will use his considerable influence to urge President Obama to enact a full economic blockade of Iran so that companies like MTN will no longer be able to operate there." Wallace is a former official in the Bush administration, but the group has a bipartisan board of directors. ... Click here to read the full article. Firm that paid White House adviser accused of securing UN votes, arms on Iran's behalf    By Judson Berger FoxNews.com August 07, 2012 ... United Against Nuclear Iran, which has launched a pressure campaign urging MTN to get out of Iran, called on Plouffe in light of the latest reports to "use his considerable influence" to urge President Obama to sanction MTN.       "MTN is one of the most egregious corporate actors in the world when it comes to Iran," spokesman Nathan Carleton told FoxNews.com. 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.

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