In Case You Missed It: UANI Featured In FoxNews.com Story Following Successful Year-Long Campaign Against Maersk

In Case You Missed It: UANI Featured In FoxNews.com Story Following Successful Year-Long Campaign Against Maersk FoxNews.com: "The Decision Comes After A Yearlong Campaign By Iran Watchdog United Against Nuclear Iran To Pressure Maersk" FoxNews.com July 1, 2011 "Danish shipping giant Maersk has decided to suspend business ties with several Iranian ports after the Obama administration blacklisted port operator Tidewater Middle East Co. "The decision comes after a yearlong campaign by Iran watchdog United Against Nuclear Iran to pressure Maersk and one other firm -- Japanese construction company Komatsu -- to pull out of the country. The group claimed the firms were doing business with Iran in violation of U.S. sanctions restricting firms from knowingly investing in Iran's energy sector... "United Against Nuclear Iran President Mark Wallace applauded the decision, while urging Maersk to 'completely end' business in Iran. "'There is little excuse for doing any business with the Iranian regime, particularly when it comes to a company like Maersk that receives more than $4 billion in contracts from the U.S. Department of Defense,' he said. 'Iran's regime has a long history of exploiting shipping companies in order to illegally import nuclear technology and arm terrorist groups. Companies that continue doing business in Iran are not victims of Iran's deceit, they are complicit in Iran's strategy.'" Click here to read the full FoxNews.com article, "Shipping Firm Maersk Suspends Business With Iranian Ports in Wake of Sanctions." Click here to view UANI's statement about Maersk ending its business at Tidewater Middle East Co. ports. Click here to read UANI's Executive Research Report, "Iran's Exploitation of the Shipping Industry." ### 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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