UANI Reiterates Call for NYC to Not Award Billion Dollar Taxi of Tomorrow Contract to Nissan

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 26, 2011 Contact: Nathan Carleton, press@uani.com Phone: (212) 554-3296 UANI Reiterates Call for NYC to Not Award Billion Dollar Taxi of Tomorrow Contract to Nissan New York, NY - United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) today renewed its call for New York City to not award the lucrative Taxi of Tomorrow contract to Nissan, which does business in Iran. Nissan is one of three finalists for the Taxi of Tomorrow contract, and does extensive business in Iran through its relationship with Iranian car manufacturer Pars Khodro. The other two finalists, Ford and Karsan, do not do business in Iran, and UANI supports both of them as deserving candidates for the contract. Said UANI President, Ambassador Mark D. Wallace: New York City must not award the Taxi of Tomorrow contract to Nissan, which does extensive business in Iran. New Yorkers do not want their tax dollars going to a company that financially empowers the brutal dictators who rule Iran. Until Nissan takes the responsible action of pulling out of Iran, they should not be considered for this major contract, where they would so prominently represent New York City. The Taxi of Tomorrow campaign is a competition designed to select New York City's exclusive taxi cab for a decade. In January, UANI called on New York City to refuse to award the contract to companies that conduct business in Iran. Since then, one of the finalists, Turkey's Karsan Otomotiv ("Karsan"), demonstrated to UANI that it had withdrawn from Iran and committed to foregoing any business there until Iran fulfills its obligations to the international community related to its illegal nuclear program. UANI once again calls on Nissan to join the dozens of other companies around the world which have ended their business in Iran. # # # Click here to view UANI's ad in amNewYork about Nissan. Click here to send a message to Mayor Bloomberg and Nissan. Click here to read the full text of the letter to Mayor Bloomberg. 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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