UANI Applauds U.S. In Applying Increasing Pressure On Tehran

(New York, N.Y.) – United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) Chairman Senator Joseph I. Lieberman and CEO Ambassador Mark D. Wallace released the following joint statement today in the wake of sweeping new U.S. sanctions against Iran’s Ministry of Petroleum, the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), the National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC), and additional individuals and entities complicit in the sale of Iranian petrochemical products. The U.S. Department of Justice has also filed a civil forfeiture complaint for illicit shipments of Iranian missiles and announced the sale of approximately 1.1 million barrels of Iranian petroleum which were destined for Venezuela.

“UANI applauds the U.S. government for taking decisive action to prevent Iran from profiting from the sale of petrochemical products and for taking necessary legal action that will benefit the victims of Iranian terror. These efforts are greatly enhancing the security and stability of the U.S. and its allies. We are also reminded of the heroic actions of the U.S. Navy Central Command in interdicting arms that would undoubtedly be used by the regime’s terrorist proxies. 

“Additionally, as the sanctions designations demonstrate, the regime continues to exploit Iranian government organs to benefit the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force. Any country or company risks unwittingly sponsoring terrorism by doing business with Tehran. 

“The regime must understand that permanent and verifiable changes to its malign behavior are the only way to alleviate the international isolation and economic pressure it has brought upon itself.” 

To read UANI’s resource, Next Steps In The Maximum Pressure Campaign, please click here. 

To read UANI’s report, JCPOA Sunset Alert: Arms Embargo, please click here. 

To read UANI’s report, Iran’s Proxy Wars, please click here. 

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