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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 6, 2013
Phone: (212) 554-3296
UANI Statement on New Iran Sanctions Now in Effect
New York - United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) CEO, Ambassador Mark D. Wallace, issued the following statement today regarding new U.S. sanctions that are going into effect today, six months after their passage:
The sanctions going into effect today make it increasingly more difficult for Iran to do business with the rest of the world. We support these sanctions, applaud U.S. lawmakers for passing them, and urge the Obama administration to vigilantly enforce them. The international effort to economically isolate Iran will be aided by nations like China, Russia, India, and South Korea buying less Iranian crude. Ultimately, the U.S. and EU should take action to completely curtail the sale of Iran's oil.
As of today, U.S. law also states that any entity that files publicly with the SEC must disclose whether it or its affiliates are engaged in sanctionable Iran business. This is a step forward in forcing companies to disclose their Iran ties, and we applaud it. We call on U.S. lawmakers to go much further, and require entities investing in the U.S. to disclose and end any and all business in Iran.
At this point, the best option for forcing the regime's hand remains a full economic blockade of Iran, with only a humanitarian exception. An incremental approach to sanctions is not enough to address the danger of the regime's continued pursuit of nuclear weapons.
The U.S. must take decisive action, and bar any business, firm, or entity that does work in Iran from receiving U.S. government contracts, accessing U.S. markets, entering into commercial partnerships with U.S. entities, or otherwise doing business in the U.S. or with U.S. entities.
UANI has long called for a full economic blockade on Iran, to force companies to choose between doing business in Iran, or doing business in the U.S. In May 2012 testimony to the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee, Ambassador Wallace stated that: "The time for half-measures and exceptions is over. We must commit ourselves to imposing a complete economic blockade."
Click here to view UANI model legislation: The Economic Blockade of Iran Act.
Click here to learn more about UANI model legislation.
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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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