In Case You Missed It: "The U.S. Should Go After Western Companies that are Working with the Regime"

In Case You Missed It: "The U.S. Should Go After Western Companies that are Working with the Regime" On CNBC, UANI's Nathan Carleton Discusses Treasury's Lifting of Sanctions for Telecommunications Equipment CNBC's Power Lunch May 31, 2013 NATHAN CARLETON, UANI: ... I don't think it's going to make a big difference. The problem in Iran is not that people need phones, or need this technology. The problem in Iran is that the regime controls all the technology and all the networks. Four years ago you saw people trying to organize, trying to protest. The regime found out where they were, they tracked them down, they arrested them, and in some cases they killed them. I think that is exactly what they have planned this time, too. MICHELLE CARUSO-CABRERA, CNBC: Would you say that the government shouldn't do this? CARLETON: I think they should do more. ... It might be a helpful thing but I don't think it's going to make a big difference with this election. CARUSO-CABRERA: What should be done instead? CARLETON: The U.S. should go after Western companies that are working with the regime, selling them tracking equipment, and in some cases even giving the regime data on the protesters. That's very shameful activity, and those companies shouldn't be able to do business in the U.S. Click here to watch the full piece. ###  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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