"A security group is threatening to boycott the Hilton hotel chain for planning to host Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during next month's UN General Assembly meeting, The Post has learned. 'The Hilton's short-term profit from hosting the Iranian delegation is far outweighed by the grave implications of supporting a terrorist state that is illegally developing nuclear weapons,' UANI President Mark Wallace said in letters to Hilton CEO Christopher Nassetta and Manhattan East GM Louis Lach."
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Aug 04 2010
American Shipper
"Maersk Line is denying allegations it is violating trade sanctions against Iran. The allegations were leveled in letters to Nils Andersen, chief executive officer of the A.P. Moller - Maersk Group and to Defense Secretary Robert Gates by a group called United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI). UANI’s allegations also come one week after the Treasury Department said A.P. Moller’s U.S.-flag shipping arm paid more than $3 million after providing unlicensed shipping services over nearly five years for cargo for Sudan and Iran. The letter to Andersen from Mark D. Wallace, UANI president, said Maersk Group's 'continued business dealings in Iran violate U.S. law and, to the extent this relationship continues, Maersk shall no longer be eligible to receive contracts from the U.S. government.' It said Maersk received almost $4 billion in contracts from the U.S. government in the past decade, most through its U.S.-flag shipping subsidiary Maersk Line Ltd., and 95 percent of which are awarded by the Defense Department."
Jul 15 2010
The Jewish Chronicle
"Former U.S. Ambassador Kristen Silverberg visited Pittsburgh today to speak with community leaders, advocacy groups and journalists about the increasing threat of a nuclear Iran.
The Iran Task Force of Pittsburgh, run through the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh, sponsored Silverberg’s visit, during which she applied her experience as a member of United Against Nuclear Iran, a nonpartisan coalition aimed at preventing Iran’s nuclear capabilities, to spread her message."
Jul 14 2010
New York Post
"It is time for the SEC to require all companies that avail themselves of the U.S. capital markets to fully disclose any and all business they conduct in or with Iran. Shining a light on such dealings is the first step to ensuring that money and resources -- and in some cases U.S. taxpayer dollars -- don't go to advance Iran's nuclear program."
May 20 2010
Bloomberg/Businessweek
"Honeywell, based in Morristown, N.J., also faces renewed pressure from the advocacy group United Against Nuclear Iran. UANI on May 18 asked the General Services Administration and Defense Secretary Robert Gates to declare Honeywell ineligible for government contracts until it ends the participation of its wholly owned British subsidiary, UOP, in an upgrade of Iran's Arak refinery and stops selling security equipment to Tehran. The Senate version of the legislation would accomplish much the same."
May 12 2010
Reuters
"Since March a spate of foreign companies have announced plans to cut, suspend or curb ties with Iran, including oil majors Eni, LUKOIL and Royal Dutch Shell, Indian refiner Reliance Industries, U.S. construction and mining equipment maker Caterpillar and luxury German carmarker Daimler."
"New York advocacy group United Against Nuclear Iran, which keeps a database of companies doing businesses with Iran, has waged a letter-writing campaign urging them to cut their ties. 'If we have 10, 15, 20 of these multinational companies pull out of Iran it will force that economy into the red zone,' said the group’s president Mark Wallace, a former ambassador under President George W. Bush."
May 06 2010
Associated Press
"The dinner coincided with Thursday's launch of a billboard campaign by an advocacy group, United Against Nuclear Iran, which put up images in Times Square and Grand Central Station arguing no venue in New York should host the Iranians. The group is led by a former U.S. representative for U.N. management and reform in the previous Bush administration."
Apr 24 2010
New York Times
"Two giant American accounting firms, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Ernst & Young, disclosed this week that they no longer had any affiliation with Iranian firms, becoming the latest in a string of companies to publicly shun the Islamic republic. After a similar decision by KPMG this month, that leaves none of the Big Four audit firms with any ties to Iran...
"Mark D. Wallace, a former ambassador under Mr. Bush and now president of an advocacy group called United Against Nuclear Iran, said the growing trend could undercut the Tehran government. “This is a sort of tipping point,” he said. “You’re seeing the regime standing at the precipice and if a few more companies pull out and they don’t have the ability to access international services and goods and capital, they’re in real trouble."
Apr 09 2010
Orlando Sentinel
"The state Senate Committee on Military Affairs and Domestic Security recently approved -- by unanimous vote -- a measure that would prohibit Florida's government from creating or renewing contracts with companies that do business in Iran. Spearheaded by Sen. Ted Deutch (D-Boca Raton) and Rep. Kevin Rader (D-Delray Beach), this bill could push many firms to cut ties with the Islamic Republic."
Apr 08 2010
Reuters
"A pressure group, United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI), is urging industrial conglomerate Honeywell International Inc (HON.N) to stop selling security technology to Iran, the group said on Thursday...
"'In the face of overwhelming bipartisan support in the U.S. Congress to economically isolate Iran's oil and natural gas industry, Honeywell continues to make key contributions to the development of Iran's oil industry,' UANI President Mark Wallace said in a letter to Honeywell Chairman and CEO David Cote."
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