UANI Calls on Konecranes to End Its Business in Iran as Part of Ongoing Cranes Campaign
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20-Aug-2011 (one comment)

NEW YORK--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--On Thursday, United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) called on Finnish crane manufacturer Konecranes Oyi to end its business in Iran.

 In a letter to Konecranes President and CEO Pekka Lundmark, UANI President, Ambassador Mark D. Wallace, wrote:

UANI is urging all crane manufacturers, including Konecranes, to end their business operations in Iran until the current regime in Tehran ends this grisly practice and stops threatening the world through its pursuit of an illegal nuclear weapon.

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The extensive business relationships that Konecranes maintains with Iranian entities create the strong possibility that the Iranian regime has used Konecranes equipment for public hangings. Even putting aside the clear misuse of these cranes for public executions, the possibility of the Konecranes name being even remotely associated with the authoritarian regime in Tehran should be reason enough for Konecranes to sever its bu... >>>

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