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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 22, 2012
Phone: (212) 554-3296
UANI, de Blasio, Iran180 Condemn Maserati and Lamborghini for Doing Business in Iran
New York, NY - On Monday, United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) CEO, Ambassador Mark D. Wallace, joined New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and Iran180 in calling on Maserati and Lamborghini to end all business activities in Iran.
At a press conference in front of Maserati's Manhattan showroom today, Wallace, de Blasio, and Iran180 Executive Director Chris DeVito announced the addition of Maserati and Lamborghini to the Iran Watch List (www.IranWatchList.com), given that the two have entered into import agreements in Iran, refused to renounce their Iranian ties, and--in the case of Maserati, which is owned by Fiat--touted the opening of a new dealership in Tehran.
IranWatchList.com is a joint project by de Blasio, UANI, and Iran180 that mobilizes consumers to pressure companies doing business with the Iranian regime.
Responding to a question from the press, Ambassador Wallace confirmed that Kia has pulled out of Iran. UANI has updated its Auto Campaign webpage to reflect this development.
Said Ambassador Wallace:
Porsche, Hyundai, and now Kia, [have pulled] out of Iran. ... [For] Maserati to end its business in Iran, [would send] a message directly to the regime elites. They must choose between a functioning economy and a nuclear weapon.
Said de Blasio:
We've had some success convincing companies to move out of Iran but, shockingly, Maserati is going in the opposite direction. We identified both Maserati and Lamborghini as two companies actually having increased their role in Iran.
Said DeVito:
I hope that I'm reading news in the next couple weeks about a Maserati dealership closing. I hope it's in Tehran but if it's not, I hope it's here in New York.
Also in May, Fiat announced an end to some of its business in Iran, but has not taken the step of closing the Tehran Maserati dealership.
UANI has developed model legislation, the DRIVE Act, to require 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 the implementation of any agreement with Iranian entities in order to be eligible for U.S. government contracts or financial assistance.
Click here to visit IranWatchList.com.
Click here to visit UANI's Auto Campaign page.
Click here to read UANI's DRIVE Act legislation.
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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.
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