UANI Applauds The New York Helmsley Hotel for Reversing Course and Refusing to Host President Ahmadinejad
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September 21, 2009
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UANI Applauds
The New York
Helmsley Hotel for Reversing Course and Refusing to Host President
Ahmadinejad
New York, NY - UANI applauds The New York Helmsley Hotel for reversing course and refusing to host President Ahmadinejad and the Iranian delegation.
The Helmsley, on Thursday, after
discussions with UANI chose not to host
President Ahmadinejad or the Iranian delegation. In a
statement, Helmsley
Spokesman Howard Rubenstein said "As soon as Helmsley corporate
management
learned of the possibility of either the Iranian Mission or President
Ahmadinejad holding a function at the New York Helmsley Hotel, they
immediately
ordered the cancellation of that function. Neither the
Iranian Mission
nor President Ahmadinejad is welcome at any Helmsley
facility. The
Helmsley organization is grateful to United Against Nuclear Iran for
bringing
this matter to its attention so that appropriate action could be taken."
Responding to the decision, UANI President, Ambassador Mark Wallace
said
"We are pleased with the decision by the Helmsley group. Now
more
than ever, American corporations must realize that doing business with
Iran
provides legitimacy to a brutal dictator and indirectly supports the
development of an Iranian nuclear bomb. We applaud the
actions of the
Helmsley group, and we believe they serve as an example for all
American and
international businesses."
Click here to thank The New York
Helmsley.
Click here to learn how UANI has
partnered with GE against doing
business in Iran
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