UANI Applauds Komatsu For Ending Its Business in Iran
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 10, 2010
Contact: Kimmie Lipscomb, [email protected]
Phone: (212) 554-3296
UANI
Applauds Komatsu For Ending Its Business in Iran
New York, NY - United Against Nuclear
Iran (UANI) applauds
Japanese construction conglomerate Komatsu for its decision to end its
business
in Iran. UANI, on July 29, 2010, called on Komatsu to cease
doing
business with Iran. Komatsu's
business in
Iran enabled the sale, assembly and manufacture of construction
equipment that
has been used in Iran's energy sector. The oil and gas sector
in Iran is
dominated by the IRGC, an entity that is the principal player in Iran's
nuclear
weapons program and is also on the U.S. State Department's Terrorism
List.
UANI thanks Komatsu for its decision not to accept "any
order for
new equipment from any distributor for sale in Iran after October 1,
2010." Additionally, UANI appreciates the steps Komatsu has
taken to
end service activities to end-users in Iran. Komatsu's decision to end
its
business in Iran in response to UANI's pressure campaign was announced
Thursday
on CNBC's Street Signs with Erin Burnett.
Speaking of Komatsu's decision, UANI President, Ambassador Mark D.
Wallace,
said:
Komatsu joins the growing coalition of responsible corporations that
are
standing up to the threat to international peace and security posed by
Iran's
nuclear weapons program. Komatsu's actions send a clear
message to the
Iranian regime that its continued defiance of the international
community will
only serve to isolate Iran and further pressure its already weakened
economy. With the assistance of companies like Komatsu,
international
sanctions and economic pressure are beginning to have an impact on the
Iranian
leadership.
UANI is pleased to
add Komatsu to the list of corporations that have
joined our effort to economically isolate Iran because of its illicit
pursuit
of a nuclear weapon.
Click here to read
UANI's letter to Komatsu, dated
July 29, 2010.
Click here to read
UANI's thank you letter to Komatsu.
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