ICYMI: World Leaders And Leading Policy Experts Join UANI’s 2022 Annual Iran Summit 

(New York, N.Y.) — Last week, global policymakers, legislators, and experts joined United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI)’s 2022 Iran Summit on the sidelines of the 77th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York. The event took place on the same day that Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi addressed the UNGA, lionizing slain terrorist leader Qassem Soleimani, demanding guarantees that the Biden administration would unconstitutionally bind future administrations from withdrawing from a new nuclear deal, and ignoring throngs of Iranian citizens that have been flooding Iranian streets in the wake of Mahsa Amini’s murder at the hands of the regime.

President Raisi, a sanctions-designated human rights abuser that approved the deaths of thousands of political prisoners, should not have been granted a visa to enter the United States. To protest his arrival in the days leading up to the 2022 UANI Iran Summit, UANI launched a city-wide campaign to ensure the sentiment of New Yorkers was well understood: Raisi is not welcome in New York.

UANI projected a  video on the façades of sites in Midtown Manhattan sounding the alarm that Raisi is a murderer and hostage taker. UANI also dispatched video trucks along city streets surrounding the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations to ensure the message was received by regime leaders.

>> WATCH: Drone footage of UANI'S Manhattan Campaign "Not Welcome in New York"

The 2022 UANI Iran Summit was designed as a hybrid in-person and virtual event for the first time in its history, allowing for a wide-range of expert speakers to participate from across the country and around the world. Participants in the Summit agenda included Prime Minister of Israel Yair Lapid; U.S. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco; Senators James Lankford, Joni Ernst, and Jacky Rosen; U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley; U.S. Ambassador John R. Bolton; Israeli Ambassadors Gilad Erdan and Michael Herzog; Bahraini Ambassador Bin Rashid Al Khalifa; and Masih Alinejad among many others supporting UANI’s mission of ensuring that the Iranian regime continues to experience economic and diplomatic isolation until it abandons its pursuit of nuclear weapons, support for terrorism, regional destabilization, and human rights violations.

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"UANI is grateful to all the attendees that joined us for our summit, and to all the people that support our work throughout the year. Their support enables us to run programs that deprives the Islamic Republic of more than one billion dollars in oil revenues, deters companies from doing business with the Iranian regime and helps to shine a spotlight on the human rights violations and hostage taking endemic in Iran,” said UANI Chairman Senator Joseph I. Lieberman and UANI CEO Ambassador Mark D. Wallace.

>> WATCH: “Making An Impact”

“Our efforts are having a direct impact on the Iranian regime’s ability to continue its malign behavior, and we thank our dedicated and growing community for their support.”  

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Selected News Coverage of the 2022 UANI Iran Summit

National Review: Nikki Haley: Latest Iran Protests ‘Very Different From Anything We’ve Seen Before’

…“These protests are very different than anything we’ve seen before,” she said responding to National Review’s question during a press conference. “They’re much more aggressive. They’re much more upset about what the regime is doing, and they’re fighting back.” Haley made the comments just before she appeared at the United Against a Nuclear Iran annual summit in New York City, on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly where Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi spoke this morning. The death of a 22-year old Iranian woman in the custody of Iran’s morality police on Friday has sparked a protest movement that has spread to multiple cities and prompted a government crackdown. Mahsah Amini was arrested for wearing a hijab the wrong way, and eyewitnesses say that officers beat her in a police van after her arrest last Tuesday. Since then, demonstrators have clashed with Iranian security forces, and Iranian officials claim that seven people have died. An independent report from a Kurdish human-rights groups says that security forces killed seven demonstrators, per Reuters. Meanwhile, the authorities have blocked access to certain social-media platforms, such as Instagram.

Voice Of America: US Slams Iran For ‘Brazen’ Attacks On American People, Infrastructure

…Monaco, speaking to the non-profit United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI), whose advisory board includes multiple former U.S. government officials, additionally warned of Iran's growing reach in cyberspace. "Here again, this is an evolution in an increasingly concerning threat from Iran," she said, citing Tehran's "increasing willingness to, frankly, seek to punch above their weight" with attacks on big targets, including U.S. critical infrastructure. Just last week, the U.S. Justice Department indicted three Iranian nationals, charging them in a plot to attack and extort money from hundreds of victims across the U.S., including police departments, transportation companies, local governments and a children's hospital.   

The National: Biden Shows Quick Support For Iran Protesters Following Mahsa Amini’s Death

…Former US ambassador to UN Nikki Haley called the protests on Wednesday “heroic”. “We have an obligation to tell the Iranian people’s stories,” Ms Haley said at an event at the United Against Nuclear Iran organisation, while urging the Biden administration to sanction human rights abusers in Iran.

Jewish News Syndicate: ‘Treat Iran Like Pariah:’ Haley Hits Biden Team For Relentless Pursuit Of Nuclear Deal

Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley sharply criticized the Biden administration for its failure to confront the Iranian regime during a special press conference held Wednesday in New York City on the sidelines of the 77th U.N. General Assembly. Speaking to media at the sixth annual conference of United Against Iran (UANI), an organization dedicated to educating the public and policymakers about the dangers posed by the Islamic Republic, Haley lamented the Biden administration’s continued efforts to revive the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), or 2015 Iran deal. Haley was one of the key officials in the Trump administration who urged then-President Donald Trump to exit the JCPOA. She traveled to Vienna to visit the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in 2017, which was monitoring Iran’s nuclear program.

Jewish News Syndicate: Joe Lieberman: ‘No Hope Revived Deal Stops Iran Nukes’

In the shadow of the 77th U.N. General Assembly in New York, a group of high-level politicians, senior officials and human rights activists committed to warning the world about the dangers of a nuclear-armed Iran gathered on Sept. 21 in mid-town Manhattan for the sixth annual UANI Iran Summit. United Against Nuclear Iran’s mission is to educate the public and policymakers about the threats posed by the Islamic Republic. The conference coincided with a speech to the General Assembly by Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, an appearance conference participants decried.

Arab News: Israeli Envoy To US Reaffirms Growing Links With GCC States

The Israeli Ambassador to the US Michael Herzog has reaffirmed his country’s cooperation and expanding relations with the GCC nations, describing them as a staunch resistance to Iran. Speaking at the United Against Nuclear Iran summit in midtown Manhattan, the ambassador pointed to the “Middle East Air Defense” initiative as a strong example of the many multilateral links that are developing between Israel and the GCC. The ambassador was joined on stage in conversation with Norman Roule, a 34-year veteran of the Central Intelligence Agency who now works as a consultant in the Middle East. Roule remarked that Bahrain, the UAE and Israel in particular are now linked in several fields, which he said often goes unreported in the Western media. Herzog and Roule also covered the Iran-backed Houthi militias in Yemen, which Roule said had rarely been on the “front burner” of the Israeli mind, despite the terrorist group having “death to the Jews” on their official flag.

Arab News: Israeli Envoy Condemns Raisi General Assembly Visit As A ‘Moral Stain’ On The UN

Speaking at an event in Midtown Manhattan organized by US-based advocacy group United Against Nuclear Iran, on the sidelines of the 77th Session of the UN General Assembly, Erdan warned that a “nuclear Iran” would pose an “existential threat” to Israel. Referring to continuing attempts led by the US and Europe to revive the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, also known as the Iran nuclear deal, he said that “the international community remains committed to reviving a fundamentally flawed deal that doesn’t prevent the one thing it is meant to prevent: A nuclear Iran.”

Arab News: Iranian-American Journalist And Activist Slams Regime In Tehran For Reign Of Terror

Speaking on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, at a summit in Midtown Manhattan organized by US-based advocacy group United Against Nuclear Iran, the journalist said she feels guilty about the murder of Amini. Her comments echoed those of other activists who have said they regret the fact that despite their efforts there has yet to be any change in the way Iran is governed. Alinejad, who in 2019 launched legal proceedings against the Iranian government in a US federal court for harassment of her family, delivered a wide-ranging speech at the summit in which she condemned the regime for its litany of crimes.

Arutz Sheva: Israel's Ambassador To UN: 'Only A Credible Military Threat Will Stop Iran Going Nuclear'

At a meeting of the United Against a Nuclear Iran organization on Wednesday, Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, spoke of the need for countries around the world to refuse to rule out a military option against Iran. Also speaking at the conference were the former US ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, the Bahraini ambassador the UN, and former US Senator Joe Lieberman. "Economic sanctions against a cruel regime such as the Iranian regime will not be effective," Erdan stressed during his speech. "Just this morning, [Iranian President Ebrahim] Raisi noted that his country has built economic relations with additional states and that these connections will enable it to neutralize the impact of sanctions.

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نشست سالیانه سازمان اتحاد علیه ایران هسته‌ای در نیویورک: Iran International

نشست سالیانه اتحاد علیه ایران هسته‌ای در نیویورک : Iran International