United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) commended Liebehrr, a Swiss-German manufacturer of construction equipment for its decision to close-down operations in Iran. Liebherr employees have recently communicated to UANI that they will shut-down all business activities in Iran.
UANI was also informed that the company had intimated all its previous business partners and customers in Iran about the closing down of all business interactions with them in May, 2011.
UANI has praised Liebherr for this move since the company came to this decision after finding out that construction cranes were used by the Iranian regime for cruel public hangings.
Mark D Wallace, UANI Ambassador and President stated that Liebherr is the fourth crane company to close business in Iran in response to UANI’s crane campaign. He appreciated the company’s decision and fair judgment and admired its readiness to jointly work with UANI on this critical issue of human rights. The fact that the Iranian government is utilizing cranes for public hanging of its people is definitely alarming and is causing a large number of companies to discontinue working in Iran.
UANI had initially approached Liebherr in April to cease crane supply to Iran since the German government felt that there was a chance of Liebherr’s cranes being utilized by banned Iranian shell companies to sustain Tehran’s missile project. The cranes campaign elaborates the disgusting record of the Iranian regime of public hanging of its people using foreign construction cranes and pleaded with crane suppliers to close-down business in Iran until the government becomes a responsible member of the global community.
Liebherr is the fourth crane manufacturer after Terex, Tadano and UNIC to close-down operations in Iran subsequent to the crane campaign.
Source: http://www.uani.com