Anti-nuclear group asks Jennifer Lopez to ditch her Fiat

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A New York-based group is asking Jennifer Lopez to give up her Fiat.

Jennifer Lopez is having more car trouble.

The group, United Against Nuclear Iran, released a statement Friday and an online parody of the "American Idol" judge's "My World" Fiat commercial, urging her to cut ties with the group because of their business ties to Iran.

The faux commercial features the J-Lo ad intercut with bloody imagery of the protests in Iran. A narrator, immitating J-Lo, says, "Fiat and the brutal Iranian regime or the people of Iran. I hope concerned citizens don't make me choose."

In an open letter to Lopez, the organization's company wrote that by endorsing the car company the pop star was "serving as a spokesperson for a company that freely does business with a regime that is developing an illegal nuclear weapons program, financing and sponsoring terrorist groups including al-Qaeda, has killed American and NATO soldiers and is recognized as one of the world's leading human right's violators."

American sanctions against Iran prohibit American citizens from exporting most goods and services to the country in response to their suspected nuclear activities. Many other countries around the world also limit their business-dealings with Iran for similar reasons.

The Fiat commercial proved troublesome for Lopez when it debuted a few months ago.

The ad shows Lopez driving through what's supposed to be the South Bronx, where the singer grew up. But it was later criticized after it surfaced that J-Lo shot her scenes in Los Angeles, and a body double was used to make it appear as if she was back in the hoo! d.

nmandell@nydailynews.com