Media Advisory: UANI and Iran180 to Protest Companies Economically Tied to Iran in NYC Today

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 10, 2011
Contact: Nathan Carleton,
[email protected]  
Phone:
(212) 554-3296    

 *****MEDIA ADVISORY*****

UANI and Iran180 to Protest Companies Economically Tied to Iran in NYC Today  

Siemens, Sinopec, Eni, Essar Oil and Nokia Siemens Networks Will Be Protested

New York, NY - United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) and Iran180 will be conducting protests today on Friday June 10, 2011 at the New York offices of major multinational corporations which do extensive business with Iran.  Demonstrators will ask to speak with representatives from the companies and will present a list of demands.  The demonstrations will include performances by a ten-foot tall Mahmoud Ahmadinejad puppet and street theater actors.

WHO:             United Against Nuclear Iran and Iran180

WHAT:           Protest against companies economically tied to Iran's regime

WHEN:           Friday, June 10, 2011 from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM.

 

WHERE:         1:00 PM - Eni, a major integrated Italian energy company which according to 

The New York Times "has openly admitted in filings that their activities in Iran potentially violated U.S. sanctions." 485 Madison Avenue, 6th Floor (corner of Madison and 52nd)

 

1:25 PM - Sinopec, a Chinese petroleum company involved in oil exploration and production in Iran as well as gasoline supply. 410 Park Avenue, Ste. 22 (Corner of Park and 55th)

 

1:50 PM - Siemens AG, the German engineering conglomerate. Siemens continues to do business with Iran despite having pledged to stop accepting new orders. 527 Madison Avenue (corner of Madison & 54th)

 

2:15 PM - Essar Oil, a fully integrated Indian oil and gas company and a major purchaser of Iranian crude oil. 277 Park Avenue, 35th Floor (Park. 47th and 48th)

 

2:40 PM - Nokia Siemens Networks, implicated in 2009 for providing critical technology to the Iranian government which allowed it to intercept citizens' internet communications. 24 West 44th Street (44th St. between 5th and 6th Ave)

 

WHY:            The event will serve to increase the level of pressure on companies that continue to have economic ties with a regime that brutally suppresses its own people. By condemning companies that do business with the Iranian regime, the event will demand those corporations stop enabling Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his corrupt leadership, and it will serve to mark the second anniversary of the unjust 2009 Iranian presidential elections.