UANI Issues Statement in Response to Criticism by Iranian Regime Officials

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 23, 2013  Contact: Nathan Carleton, press@uani.com  Phone: (212) 554-3296   UANI Issues Statement in Response to Criticism by Iranian Regime Officials New York, NY - United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) CEO, Ambassador Mark D. Wallace, issued the following statement today regarding recent statements made by the Iranian regime's spokesperson and state-run press about UANI: Four years and five months have passed since President Obama extended a hand of diplomacy to the regime in Iran. In response, the regime has completely rejected that hand of peace, and instead offered terror attacks, brutal human rights abuses, sanctions violations, and the continued development of its illicit nuclear program. The Iranian regime has only itself to blame for the isolation and economic troubles it now faces. If Iran wants to be treated as a reputable member of the international community, then it should start acting like one. Until then, UANI and others will continue to shine a light on Iran's illegal smuggling activities, and keep pressuring companies, countries, and others that irresponsibly do business with the regime.   ### 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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