ICYMI: On 37th Anniversary of U.S. Embassy Takeover, Iran Hostage Survivor Barry Rosen Warns That Regime Has Not Changed

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 4, 2016 press@uani.com ICYMI: On 37th Anniversary of U.S. Embassy Takeover, Iran Hostage Survivor Barry Rosen Warns That Regime Has Not Changed New UANI Resources Released on Americans Currently Being Held Hostage in Iran and the Regime's Entrenched Anti-Americanism  New York, NY - On the 37th anniversary of the U.S. embassy takeover in Tehran, United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) Advisory Board Member and Iran Hostage Crisis survivor Barry Rosen, in a TIME magazine op-ed, observed that "Nearly 40 years after I was imprisoned and tortured, nothing has changed." As it does annually, the Iranian regime commemorated this anniversary by holding anti-American rallies in which the American flag was burned and demonstrators chanted "Death to America" and "Death to Israel".  Connecting the Iranian regime's anti-American extremism and activities to next week's U.S. presidential election, Rosen said, "It is imperative that the Presidential candidates and our policymakers in Congress understand that the Iranian regime that held my colleagues and me hostage has not reformed its ways." He added, "my fellow survivors and I are dismayed to see the same actions being taken against fellow Americans in Iran today. There have been a number of dual nationals held on unsubstantiated charges--just like I was--sentenced to years in Iranian prisons without recourse." A new UANI resource, "Iran's American Hostages," profiles the five American citizens and residents who are currently being unjustly held in Iran. Rosen concludes his op-ed with a sobering assessment of the regime. "The next President must ... be prepared to take a hard line against Khamenei and his regime as they push the envelope... The fanciful notion that the nuclear deal would bring about better relations between our two countries has been dispelled; a new administration will have the chance to cast a spotlight on Iran for the bad global actor it is." To learn more about the Iranian's regime's anti-Americanism and attacks that have killed more than 1,000 Americans and civilians, visit the following UANI resources: Timeline of Anti-American Hostilities Anti-American Statements from Iranian Leaders Iran's Anti-Western Conspiracies and Prohibitions Alliance Against America: Al Qaeda & Iran Iran VERITAS Project: Documenting Iran's Violence, Extremism, Repression and Terror JCPOA Accountability Tracker: Iran's Day-to-Day Misbehavior Click here to read Barry Rosen's full op-ed in TIME. For more information, or to speak with UANI leadership, please contact: press@uani.com ### 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. Eye on Iran is a periodic news summary from United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) a program of the American Coalition Against Nuclear Iran, Inc., a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Eye on Iran is not intended as a comprehensive media clips summary but rather a selection of media elements with discreet analysis in a PDA friendly format. For more information please email press@uani.com. 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.