Massive US campaign underway to block Iran nuclear deal
The United Against Nuclear Iran group has launched a last-minute campaign, funded by Jewish donors, to pressure US to take hard line in negotiations.
About a week before the signing of the deal, United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) has launched a last minute cross-media campaign, with a multimillion-dollar budget, aimed at pressuring the US government to take a hard line with the Iranians on a number of key issues relating to the agreement.
Funding for the campaign was raised by a group of Jewish donors, with no political connections, who see insurmountable dangers in the deal.
The campaign is warning negotiators to not compromise on five main issues, the leading one being the inspection of Iranian military bases within a full transparent framework with the West and imposing economic sanctions in accordance with Iran's compliance with the terms of the agreement.
"The remaining issues are key issues on which we can still have influence on" said former UN ambassador, Mark Wallace, chairman of UANI.
Upon arrival of the final stretch to the agreement, there is mounting concern that the US will be under pressure and could make dangerous concessions to get an agreement signed," said Gary Samore, President of UANI and President Barack Obama's former White House Coordinator for Arms Control and Weapons of Mass Destruction.
UANI is a non-partisan and non-profit organization which seeks "to prevent Iran from fulfilling its ambition to become a regional super-power possessing nuclear weapons." The organization acts in part by promoting and tightening sanctions on Iran. At the forefront of the organization's current activities is the blocking of an agreement with Iran.
