UANI Statement on Action by Obama Administration and U.S. Congress to Sanction Iran

March 30, 2012

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 30, 2012
Contact: Nathan Carleton, [email protected]
Phone: (212) 554-3296

UANI Statement on Action by Obama Administration and U.S. Congress to Sanction Iran

New York, NY - United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) CEO, Ambassador Mark D. Wallace, issued the following statement today regarding news that the Obama administration plans to move forward with sanctions against Iran's oil industry, and also following news that U.S. Reps. Ted Deutch and Robert Dold have introduced legislation to sanction companies that invest or conduct transactions in the Iranian energy sector:

We applaud the Obama administration, Congressmen Deutch, and Congressman Dold for taking action to tighten sanctions against Iran. Now is the time for the strongest and most robust sanctions against the regime in history.

UANI has, since its founding, consulted with members of Congress to devise and introduce legislation to compel corporations, firms, and financial institutions to choose between doing business with the U.S., or Iranian entities including Iran's Central Bank. We will continue to devise measures that show the Iranian regime that the U.S. and international community will under no circumstances allow a nuclear-armed Iran.

UANI has regularly called for the sanctions against Iran's Central Bank the Obama administration is now enforcing, and on December 5, 2011 wrote to President Obama following reports that the Administration was opposed to such sanctions.

Click here to read UANI's full December 5, 2011 letter to President Obama.
Click here to learn more about UANI's Model Legislation.

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