Eye On Iran: U.S. Group Targets Honeywell Over Iran

For continuing coverage follow us on Twitter and join our Facebook group. Top Stories Reuters: "A pressure group, United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI), is urging industrial conglomerate Honeywell International Inc to stop selling security technology to Iran, the group said on Thursday. Honeywell security products can be used for surveillance of oil pipelines and nuclear reactors, UANI said in a letter faxed to Honeywell it provided exclusively to Reuters." http://nyti.ms/cb2sM4 AP:"Ambassadors from China and five major powers met for the first time Thursday to discuss possible new sanctions against Iran, which is refusing to suspend uranium enrichment and start negotiations on its suspect nuclear program. After nearly three hours of talks, Russia's U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin told reporters 'we all agreed that it was a good discussion.'" http://bit.ly/d2Zxfj Reuters:"Iran's 'allies around the globe' would retaliate against any strike by the United States, an influential cleric said Friday ahead of a speech by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on the progress of Iran's nuclear project." http://bit.ly/aeVZOp Nuclear Program WP: "Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told President Obama privately Thursday that there remain limits to his country's support for sanctions on Iran, even as the move for united action to restrain Iran's nuclear ambition accelerates." http://bit.ly/dzqBEs Reuters:"President Barack Obama said in an interview aired on Friday that there is no guarantee sanctions will change Iran's behavior but he believes steady international pressure could alter Tehran's nuclear calculations over time." http://bit.ly/ci9w8m AP:"Despite near gridlock in the Senate, Republicans were expected to swing behind a new arms control treaty with Russia that President Barack Obama said they will like, even though some are reserving judgment until Obama can assure them the pact won't set back U.S. defenses against other potential foes such as North Korea and Iran." http://nyti.ms/9GyYlF Bloomberg:"President Barack Obama vowed to maintain 'consistent and steady' international pressure against Iran developing nuclear weapons capabilities. 'I don't think you've seen the degree of international unity that you've seen in this effort,' Obama said on ABC's 'Good Morning America' program, taped yesterday in Prague." http://bit.ly/dsdwcE Human Rights AP:"Iran's intelligence minister accused three Americans jailed since crossing the border from Iraq in July of having links to U.S. intelligence services, state TV reported Thursday. The comments toughened Iran's accusations against the group, suggesting authorities could be close to bringing them to trial after months of mixed signals and fears in the U.S. that they could be used as bargaining chips in Iran's confrontation with the West." http://bit.ly/b9fVzf Radio Farda:"The Iranian-based Human Rights Organization of Kurdistan says its members are being prosecuted because of their human rights activities, RFE/RL's Radio Farda reports. The organization's spokesman, Jalal Aghvami, told Radio Farda on April 6 that the latest example is the case against Kaveh Ghasemi Kermanshahi." http://bit.ly/aspjXh Domestic Politics Radio Farda:"A reformist Iranian cleric close to the religious establishment in the holy city of Qom says several of the city's top clerics refused to meet Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad during a recent visit, RFE/RL's Radio Farda reports. Cleric and journalist Mohammad Javad Akbarin spoke on April 8 to Radio Farda about Ahmadinejad's March 18 visit to Qom." http://bit.ly/aTQ1xW Opinion Mark D. Wallace in the Orlando Sentinel: "Florida is about to deal a powerful economic blow against one of the world's most dangerous countries. The state Senate Committee on Military Affairs and Domestic Security recently approved -- by unanimous vote -- a measure that would prohibit Florida's government from creating or renewing contracts with companies that do business in Iran. Spearheaded by Sen. Ted Deutch (D-Boca Raton) and Rep. Kevin Rader (D-Delray Beach), this bill could push many firms to cut ties with the Islamic Republic." http://bit.ly/a3O7CL Charles Krauthammer in WP: "Apart from being morally bizarre, the Obama policy is strategically loopy. Does anyone believe that North Korea or Iran will be more persuaded to abjure nuclear weapons because they could then carry out a biological or chemical attack on the United States without fear of nuclear retaliation?" http://bit.ly/b9aIRX J & C Choksy in RCW:"Iran and Somalia have a startlingly comparable situation vis-à-vis the U.S. The world's self-proclaimed preeminent superpower seems to have little success in quashing either Iranian politicians' nuclear ambitions or Somali pirates' wayward behavior. Iran's government officials and private entrepreneurs have longstanding experience in employing intermediaries to circumvent financial and trade barriers. Yet, unlike American officials, the Somali outlaws seem to have considerable success in embargoing supplies destined for Iran." http://bit.ly/bmgaQJ Eye on Iran is a periodic news summary from United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) a program of the American Coalition Against Nuclear Iran, Inc., a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Eye on Iran is not intended as a comprehensive media clips summary but rather a selection of media elements with discreet analysis in a PDA friendly format. For more information please email Press@UnitedAgainstNuclearIran.com United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) is a non-partisan, broad-based coalition that is united in a commitment to prevent Iran from fulfilling its ambition to become a regional super-power possessing nuclear weapons. UANI is an issue-based coalition in which each coalition member will have its own interests as well as the collective goal of advancing an Iran free of nuclear weapons.

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