Statement by UANI President, Ambassador Mark D. Wallace, on Seized CMA CGM Vessel

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 16, 2011
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Statement by UANI President, Ambassador Mark D. Wallace, on Seized CMA CGM Vessel

New York, New York - United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) today condemned French shipping giant CMA CGM for its reported involvement in another illegal Iranian arms shipment. 

United Against Nuclear Iran President, Ambassador Mark Wallace, issued the following statement:

Today’s seizure of a CMA CGM ship, which Israel says contained weapons headed from Iran to terrorist groups in Gaza, shows exactly why CMA CGM should end its business in Iran immediately. This incident follows two other recent seizures of CMA CGM vessels headed to or from Iran in apparent violation of UN Security Council Resolutions. CMA CGM’s dealings in Iran are clearly helping prop up the regime’s dictatorship and arming terrorists worldwide, and they should end now.

Earlier today, Israeli forces seized the CMA CGM-charted Victoria vessel in the Mediterranean Sea and discovered a cache of weapons allegedly destined for Hamas in Gaza Strip.

On March 9, United Against Nuclear Iran first called on CMA CGM, the world’s third-largest container shipping company, to end its business in Iran.

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