“Attendees of the Iran Trade Business Briefing should be wary of how the Iranian regime’s aggressive, destabilizing behavior will factor into any potential business pursuits,” said UANI CEO Ambassador Mark D. Wallace. “Since the implementation of the nuclear deal, Iran has continued to support vicious dictators like Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, and remains the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism. With absolute power vested firmly in the hands of the supreme leader — and not the president — it is clear that the regime’s behavior will not change after next month’s election. Business leaders need to seriously consider the reputational risk that comes with doing business with a bad actor like Iran.”

Attendees at the conference in London included the former Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, who has enthusiastically promoted trade with Iran since returning to private life. Interviewed by the Iranian regime’s English language mouthpiece, Press TV, Straw said, “Normalizing relations with Iran, for Europe and I would suggest for America, has huge advantages. Iran is one of the few stable countries in what is a very turbulent neighborhood in the wider Middle East.”