American Voters to Corporate America: Investing in Iran Will Hurt Your Bottom Line

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 13, 2016 press@uani.com American Voters to Corporate America: Investing in Iran Will Hurt Your Bottom Line Poll Reveals Consumers, Investors Would Pull Business from Companies That Choose to do Business in Iran (New York, NY) - Companies risk alienating both their customers and investors by doing business with Iran, according to a new poll organized by United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI). The survey results reinforce the numerous financial risks facing corporations contemplating Iranian investments by revealing how voters' purchasing and investment decisions are be influenced by their opposition to the Iranian regime. The survey shows that in this election year, a huge bipartisan majority of American voters support the idea of educating companies - and their corporate boards and shareholders - about the risks of doing business with Iran. That finding comes as UANI is in the midst of a global education campaign that has detailed the pitfalls of doing business with Iran to hundreds of U.S. and international companies that may be contemplating Tehran as a new investment opportunity. The poll results also show the depth of concern among American voters about the Iranian regime. Large majorities of voters view Iran as the greatest state threat facing the United States-greater than North Korea, Russia, and China. Only the non-state terrorist organizations ISIS and Al-Qaeda are deemed greater threats than Iran. "These new findings should raise alarm bells in corporate boardrooms around the world," said UANI CEO, Ambassador Mark D. Wallace. "A robust majority of American voters has delivered a sobering message: They feel very strongly that Iran poses a direct and continuing threat to the national security of the United States and they won't hesitate to punish companies that choose to further strengthen the ayatollah and this regime." The poll of 1,000 registered voters was conducted August 28-September 1, 2016. Among the poll's key findings: 60 percent of voters say they would stop buying products from a company that did business with Iran.   56 percent of voters who owned equities say they would sell shares and invest elsewhere if they learned a company they were invested in was doing business in Iran   70 percent of voters say it is very important that U.S. companies disclose any business they do in Iran.   80 percent of voters support educating companies about the risks of doing business with Iran. That figure includes 87 percent of Republicans, 81 percent of Independents and 72 percent of Democrats.   Iran rated "67" on a 0-100 threat scale, where 100 was the greatest threat to the U.S. Iran rated higher than North Korea (66), Syria (60), Afghanistan (57) and Russia (56). A PDF of the polling presentation can be viewed/downloaded: https://www.unitedagainstnucleariran.com/sites/default/files/UANI-Voter-Survey-Sept-2016.pdf For more information or to schedule an interview with a member of UANI's leadership, please email press@uani.com -END- 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.