UANI Letter to the Editor in Washington Post Responds to Op-ed by Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif

For Immediate Release April 25, 2016 Contact: press@uani.com UANI Letter to the Editor in Washington Post Responds to Op-ed by Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif In the April 24 Sunday edition of the Washington Post, UANI Chairman Senator Joseph I. Lieberman and UANI CEO Ambassador Mark D. Wallace responded to Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif's April 21 op-ed: Iran's divisive rationale for arming up In his April 21 op-ed, "Why Iran is building up its defenses," Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif argued that Iran has "not launched a war in more than two centuries" and is committed to "never commencing such foolishness." But what about terrorists supported by the Iranian government who have killed hundreds of Americans? What about the presence of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps troops, Hezbollah, Shiite militias and Iranian materiel on the ground in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen? While Mr. Zarif proclaimed that Iran is a "stable, safe and healthy environment for our citizens and for those visiting and doing business with us," the facts suggest otherwise. The Iranian regime remains designated as a primary money-laundering concern under U.S. law. Severe risks exist for companies thinking about investing with the ayatollah, including doing business with the wide array of front companies tied to the IRGC, a terrorist organization sanctioned by the United States and the international community; the unavailability and deficiency of insurance coverage; and hacking and cyber-insecurity. Let's not forget the totalitarian suppression of women, homosexual and transgender people, political opponents and journalists. That is a high price for stability, unacceptable to the United States and inconsistent with our values.  We look forward to the day when Iran behaves in a way that will give the United States reason to fully engage with it. Joseph I. Lieberman, New York The writer, a former senator from Connecticut, is chairman of United Against Nuclear Iran. Mark D. Wallace, New York The writer, a former ambassador to the United Nations, is chief executive of United Against Nuclear Iran. ### About UANI UANI is an independent, not-for-profit, non-partisan, advocacy group founded in 2008 by Ambassador Mark D. Wallace, Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, former CIA Director Jim Woolsey, and Middle East Expert Ambassador Dennis Ross, that seeks to heighten awareness of the danger the Iranian regime poses to the world.  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.

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