United Against Nuclear Iran

United Against Nuclear Iran
Formation2008
CEO
Mark Wallace
Chairman
vacant
President
David Ibsen
WebsiteUANI

United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) is a bi-partisan, non-profit advocacy organization in the United States. Its stated objective is to "prevent Iran from fulfilling its ambition to become a regional super-power possessing nuclear weapons."[1] Along with other advocacy campaigns, the organization leads efforts to pressure companies to stop doing business with Iran as a means to halt the Iranian government's nuclear program and its alleged development of nuclear weapons.

In 2014, the United States Department of Justice intervened in a private lawsuit filed against UANI and requested its dismissal on the ground that the continued litigation of the case would jeopardize US national security. The government's motion was granted by a federal judge in 2015, marking a rare expansion of the state secrets privilege into private civil litigation in which the government was not a party.[2][3][4][5]

  1. ^ "About Us". UANI. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
  2. ^ "Obama administration shuts down lawsuit to protect U.S. secrets on Iran". cnn.com. 2015-03-23. Retrieved 2015-03-29.
  3. ^ "Justice Dept. invokes 'state secrets privilege' to block lawsuit". cnn.com. 2015-03-23. Retrieved 2015-03-29.
  4. ^ "Feds shut down lawsuit; cite U.S. secrets on Iran: Judge says it's bad for plaintiff, not no intermediary step". wbaltv.com. 2015-03-24. Retrieved 2015-03-29.
  5. ^ "Lawsuit vs anti-Iran group is dismissed over U.S. state secrets". Reuters. 2015-03-23. Retrieved 2015-03-29.