UANI Applauds Warwick Hotel's New Management for Refusing to Host Iranian Delegation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 26, 2013  Contact: Nathan Carleton, press@uani.com  Phone: (212) 554-3296   UANI Applauds Warwick Hotel's New Management for Refusing to Host Iranian Delegation UANI Announces End to Boycott of Warwick Properties, Calls on Other NYC Hotels to Refuse Delegation New York, NY - Today, United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) announced that New York City's Warwick Hotel will not host Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and the Iranian delegation during September's UN General Assembly. UANI applauds this decision, and announces an end to its boycott of Warwick properties. The Warwick, under previous management, hosted former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his delegation during the 2011 and 2012 UN General Assemblies. UANI led demonstrations inside and outside the Warwick during both years, which were covered by dozens of print, radio, and TV news outlets. Said UANI CEO, Ambassador Mark D. Wallace: We applaud the Warwick and its new General Manager Peter Walterspiel for deciding not to host the Iranian delegation this year. Iran may have a new President, but responsible businesses must not accommodate him until Iran ends its nuclear program, state sponsorship of terror, and human rights abuses. Given Iran's current policies, President Rouhani should not be welcomed at any New York City hotels or venues. To date, President Rouhani has offered rhetoric, but no real reform. Until his words are joined by action, the international community must continue to isolate Iran.   President Rouhani should stay at Iran's mission to the UN, and not expect private businesses to accommodate him. This year, the Warwick made the right decision. Any hotel that hosts Rouhani and the Iranian delegation will be putting profit above principle, and subjecting its guests and the New York community to great inconvenience. We call on all city hotels to bear in mind the negative publicity and reputational harm borne by those that have hosted Iran in the past. In 2012, UANI was headquartered inside the Warwick Hotel, and led demonstrations outside including signs, bicycle and truck billboards, and activities. UANI's campaign was covered by CNN (here and here), the Associated Press, Reuters, Inside Edition, BTR Pulse, USA TODAY, The Christian Science Monitor, the New York Daily News (here and here), the Times of Israel, PIX 11 News, Fox 5 News, CBN News, CBS 880 Radio, Agence France Presse, 1010 WINS Radio, and the New York Post (here, here, here), as well as by local television stations in Alabama, California, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and radio stations in Georgia, Maryland, and New York. UANI's 2011 Warwick protest, led from inside the Warwick, was featured in media outlets including CBS New York, AFP, NBC New York, CNN, The Atlantic, Huffington Post, The Daily Caller, CBS Radio, and the New York Post. UANI put up a Times Square billboard, reading "AS WE REMEMBER 9/11 TEN YEARS LATER, AL QAEDA'S SILENT PARTNER IS COMING TO NEW YORK" Click here to learn more about UANI's 2012 Warwick campaign. Click here to learn more about UANI's 2011 Warwick campaign. Click here to learn more about UANI's Hotels Campaign. ### 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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