UANI Calls on The InterContinental The Barclay New York to Refuse to Host President Ahmadinejad

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September 8, 2009
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UANI Calls on The InterContinental The Barclay New York to Refuse to Host President Ahmadinejad

New York, NY - United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) today called on the InterContinental to refuse to host President Ahmadinejad and offered the InterContinental an opportunity to clarify its role as the official host hotel to President Ahmadinejad during his stay in New York for the UNGA.  In a letter to Mr. Leland Lewis, General Manager of the InterContinental Hotel UANI President, Ambassador Mark Wallace wrote "UANI seeks to clarify your role as host to President Ahmadinejad.  As we expressed to you in July, UANI denounces any decision by a hotel to host President Ahmadinejad in New York and calls upon all New York area hotels to join the international community in isolating Iran and condemning its illicit nuclear program."

UANI also calls on New York elected officials to urge the InterContinental to decline to host President Ahmadinejad and the Iranian delegation. 

Ambassador Mark D. Wallace, President of UANI, said of the InterContinental's decision to host President Ahmadinejad "The InterContinental has a choice between empowering the Iranian regime and its nuclear weapons program and standing with the international community to isolate Iran.  UANI is disappointed to learn that the InterContinental places its own short-term economic gain ahead of the security of the Iranian people and the stability of the Middle East."  

The InterContinental Hotel conducts business with Iran, and is listed on UANI's Iran Business Registry.

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