Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Media Reports: Peugeot Violates Iran Sanctions. UANI: Investigate GM!

GM-partner PSA has repeatedly stated that shipments of parts to Iran's carmaker IKCO (a.k.a. Iran Khodro) had stopped in February, and would not resume until September, if at all. The parts are for the 206 and 405 models, and PSA said it stopped shipping them in response to sanctions on Iran. IKCO says it's not true at all, ships are unloading parts and the lines are running.

A report of just-auto says there are "deeply conflicting views as to whether or not PSA Peugeot Citroen has halted shipments."

In a call to Teheran, just-auto was told that "there is not any problem in shipments of Peugeot product parts – shipments of Peugeot are continuing here."

In a call to PSA HQ in Paris, just-auto was given a totally different story: "We have nothing to add to what we have already said – that is shipments are suspended – there is nothing more to say," a PSA spokesman said.

Meanwhile in the U.S., lobby group United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI), reports that "IKCO has not yet received any official announcement from Peugeot indicating a halt in their mutual cooperation." A week ago,Mark D. Wallace, former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. and CEO of UANI said in an op-ed piece that statements to the effect that Peugeot had stopped shipments of parts to Iran "simply do not jibe with reality," and that "it is hard not to feel like GM and Peugeot are simply trying to make this controversy go away without making the responsible decision to truly end their business in Iran."

Wallace and UANI called on Senator Carl Levin, chairman of the Armed Services Committee, to hold GM accountable for whom it partners with. Wallace wrote:

"In light of the taxpayer-funded $50 billion bailout of GM and the U.S. Treasury Department's current 32 percent stake in GM, it is completely unacceptable for GM to be financially aligned with a company that is doing work with a regime responsible for the deaths of U.S. servicemen. The GM-Peugeot partnership seems to run afoul of U.S. sanctions, and it should be investigated."



from The Truth About Cars http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com




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