Finnish crane manufacturer Konecranes has terminated business dealings with Iranian companies, according to a statement by United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI), a non-profit group that launched a campaign in May to bring attention to the Iranian regime’s grisly misuse of cranes.

UANI publicly called on Konecranes "to end its business in Iran" in August, citing the "Iranian regime's abhorrent executions by hanging from construction cranes."

According to a UANI statement, the crane manufacturer informed the organization it would "withdraw from the Iranian market" and that it is "systematically refus[ing] all opportunities to sell new equipment and services to the country."

Konecranes’ decision comes following two other crane manufacturers, Tadano and UNIC, which ended their business in Iran this summer following public calls from UANI.

Mark Wallace, UANI president, applauded the decision and called it a "powerful message."

"Konecranes and other corporations are showing the Iranian regime that its economy will continue to suffer unless Iran renounces its pursuit of nuclear weapons, ceases its egregious human rights violations, and ends its sponsorship of terror," Wallace said in a public statement.

Since the UANI’s "Crane Campaign" launched in May, five companies have terminated business dealings in Iran.

 

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