UANI Condemns Royal Dutch Shell for Increasing Its Business in Iran

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 28, 2010 Contact: Kimmie Lipscomb, press@uani.com Phone: (212) 554-3296 UANI Condemns Royal Dutch Shell for Increasing Its Business in Iran New York, NY - United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) today condemned Royal Dutch Shell for increasing its business with Iran. Rather than complying with the spirit of U.S. and EU law, Royal Dutch Shell conducted over a billion dollars' worth of trade in crude oil with Iran's state-owned oil company during the summer. The U.S. sanctions that President Obama signed into law in July are targeted directly at Iran's oil industry. The Guardian broke the news of Shell's business in Tuesday's newspaper. In response to the news of Royal Dutch Shell's actions, UANI President, Ambassador Mark D. Wallace said: Royal Dutch Shell's actions are a slap in the face to those who recognize the dangers posed by a nuclear-armed Iran. The international community has sent a clear message to multinational companies that business in Iran is unacceptable. The U.S. and the EU have enacted sanctions that directly target Iran's oil industry, in order to pressure Iran to halt the development of a nuclear weapons program. We call on Royal Dutch Shell to follow the responsible example of other multinational oil companies and to immediately end their business in Iran. UANI has targeted Royal Dutch Shell over the past year for its business in Iran and through the Iran Disclosure Project has called on Royal Dutch Shell to adequately disclose to its investors the risks associated with its business in Iran. # # # 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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