CAR MAKERS PULL BUSINESS FROM IRAN
AFTER PRESSURE FROM De BLASIO, HIKIND
Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and Assemblyman
Dov Hikind joined Iran180 and United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) today in announcing
that Maserati and Lamborghini have agreed to pull back their plans for
business expansion into Iran. The decisions came following their joint press
conference of October 22, 2012 held outside a Maserati showroom in downtown
Manhattan calling on the companies to not do business with Iran.
De Blasio, together with Iran180 and
UANI, launched IranWatchList.com in the summer of 2012 as a public campaign to
pressure companies doing business in Iran to pull out. Following the
announcement that Maserati and Lamborghini have complied, they will be removed
from IranWatchList.com. Maserati agreed to engage in legal action against the
Arta Group, a company that was using the Maserati brand name for a luxury car
showroom it had to open in Tehran. The company has also agreed to no longer
build their vehicles to match Iran’s specific import standards, which will make
it more difficult for Iranians to import Maserati vehicles from distributors.
“This is one more step in the right direction in a crucial campaign to hit the Iranian regime at its economic core”, said Public Advocate Bill de Blasio. “Maserati and Lamborghini have done the right thing in pulling their business from Iran – and I am pleased we can remove them from IranWatchList.com. This is also a strong message to New Yorkers and Americans: We as consumers can help fight against a nuclear Iran, and I plan to continue this fight relentlessly, with as many allies as we can assemble.”
"I applaud Maserati and Lamborghini for doing the right thing. There can be no compromising with those who support and espouse terrorism. I thank the Public Advocate for leading the charge and being on the front lines for the well-being of New Yorkers and our great country,” said Assemblyman Dov Hikind.
“This is one more step in the right direction in a crucial campaign to hit the Iranian regime at its economic core”, said Public Advocate Bill de Blasio. “Maserati and Lamborghini have done the right thing in pulling their business from Iran – and I am pleased we can remove them from IranWatchList.com. This is also a strong message to New Yorkers and Americans: We as consumers can help fight against a nuclear Iran, and I plan to continue this fight relentlessly, with as many allies as we can assemble.”
"I applaud Maserati and Lamborghini for doing the right thing. There can be no compromising with those who support and espouse terrorism. I thank the Public Advocate for leading the charge and being on the front lines for the well-being of New Yorkers and our great country,” said Assemblyman Dov Hikind.
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