FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 27, 2011
Contact: Nathan Carleton, [email protected]
Phone: (212) 554-3296
In
Case You Missed It: UANI's California Debarment
Legislation Featured in Financial Times
California
Using UANI's Iran Business Registry to Vet State Contractors
New York, NY
- Today, the Financial
Times reported on
California's enforcement of the "Iran Contracting Act"
and the role United Against Nuclear
Iran (UANI) has played in
the inception of the legislation and identifying companies that do
business in
Iran ("California Tightens
Screw on Trade with Iran,"
6/27/11).
UANI wrote California
legislators
in 2010 urging the passage of the Iran Contracting Act (Assembly Bill
1650;
Blumenfield, Feuer). The legislation is an adaptation of UANI model
legislation, the "Iran Business
Certification Act," which was
introduced in U.S. Congress as "The Accountability for
Business Choices in Iran Act."
Said UANI President,
Ambassador
Mark D. Wallace:
UANI has received
numerous calls in the past month from
corporations pledging to end their business in Iran, and asking to be
removed
from UANI's Iran Business Registry. UANI will continue working with the
State
of California to identify companies that do business in Iran and follow
up with
those who have pledged to end it.
UANI hopes other
states will follow California's lead
and pass contract debarment laws. Legislatures across America can do
their part
to pressure Iran's regime as it pursues an illegal nuclear weapons
program and
funds terrorism around the world.
UANI's Iranian
Business Registry (http://uani.com/ibr)
is a running, public
database of reputable media and academic reports of international
business in
Iran. Leading multinational corporations have recently contacted UANI,
saying
they have received letters from the State of California concerning
their
listings.
Click here to read
the Financial Times article.
Click here to see
UANI's model legislation page.
