UANI Calls on Gotham Hall to Deny President Ahmadinejad a Platform for Propaganda
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 18, 2009
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UANI Calls on
Gotham Hall to Deny President
Ahmadinejad a Platform for Propaganda
New York, NY - United Against Nuclear
Iran (UANI) today
called on Gotham Hall to refuse to host President Ahmadinejad and
offered
Gotham Hall an opportunity to clarify its role as the host of a banquet
for the
Iranian delegation and as host for a speech by President Ahmadinejad on
September 25, 2009 during his stay in New York for the UN General
Assembly
(UNGA).
In a letter to Allen Kurtz, Managing Director of Gotham Hall, UANI
President,
Ambassador Mark D. Wallace wrote "UANI requests Gotham Hall to clarify
and
reconsider its decision to host the banquet and address and instead
decline to
provide such a venue for President Ahmadinejad. As we
expressed to area
venues in July, UANI denounces any decision to host President
Ahmadinejad in New
York and calls upon Gotham Hall to join the international community in
isolating Iran and condemning its illicit nuclear program."
"By doing business with the Iranian government Gotham Hall is accepting
blood money from a regime that brutally suppresses its own people and
that is a
danger to global security. Moreover, by providing a forum for
President
Ahmadinejad's speech, Gotham Hall is serving as a bullhorn for the
propaganda
of the illegitimate leader of a brutal theocratic dictatorship."
To the extent that Gotham Hall persists in its plans to host President
Ahmadinejad UANI will call on members of the public to boycott Gotham
Hall.
Click here to send a letter to Gotham
Hall.
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