The Finnish crane manufacturer,
Konecranes, has announced that it would stop selling new equipment and services to Iran. The advocacy organisation,
United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI), urged the company to leave Iran because one of the regime's preferred methods of execution is public hanging from construction cranes.
Konecranes follows four other crane manufacturers, --
Tadano,
Terex,
UNIC, and
Liebherr, -- which ended their business in Iran following public calls from UANI. Another Finnish company,
Cargotec, has exported ship cranes to Iran. UANI launched its
"Cranes Campaign" in May 2011 to exert pressure on crane manufacturers.
http://t.uani.com/noivr6
