Eye On Iran: Honeywell Faces Pressure to End Subsidiary's Iran Refinery Work

For continuing coverage follow us on Twitter and join our Facebook group. Top Stories Bloomberg: "Honeywell faces renewed pressure from the advocacy group United Against Nuclear Iran, Bloomberg Businessweek reports in its May 24 issue. UANI on May 18 asked the General Services Administration and Defense Secretary Robert Gates to declare Honeywell ineligible for government contracts until it ends the participation of its wholly owned British subsidiary, UOP LLC, in an upgrade of Iran's Arak refinery and stops selling security equipment to Tehran." http://bit.ly/dnOb8H NYT: "The Obama administration announced an agreement on Tuesday with other major powers, including Russia and China, to impose a fourth set of sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, setting the stage for an intense tug of war with Tehran as it tries to avoid passage of the penalties by the full United Nations Security Council." http://nyti.ms/9ftN4P WSJ: "German customs officials stopped a shipment of parts destined for delivery to an Iranian nuclear-power plant via Russia, according to people familiar with the matter. The parts, which were bought more than a month ago in Germany, include items that the European Union prohibits shipping without a special license because they can be used for installation in a nuclear facility as well as for other, nonsensitive purposes." http://bit.ly/cin9jn Nuclear Program Reuters: "Iran could cancel its agreement with Turkey and Brazil to transfer some of its uranium abroad if the U.N. Security Council approves a new round of sanctions against it, a member of parliament said on Thursday." http://bit.ly/9YP7iU AP: "Russia's top nuclear official says that work on Iran's first nuclear plant is on schedule and the reactor will start operation by August. Rosatom chief Sergei Kiriyenko said Thursday that possible international sanctions being drawn up against Iran will not impede the launching of the reactor in Bushehr." http://bit.ly/aVoNad NYT: "Buried in the sanctions resolution now being debated in the United Nations Security Council lies the possibility of a new effort to pressure Iran over its nuclear program: a call for countries to 'exercise vigilance' in dealing with Iran's central bank." http://nyti.ms/9TUI3E Radio Farda: "Moscow says it hopes a consensus can be reached on a draft UN sanctions resolution against Iran. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov also called on Iran to send details of its proposed uranium swap to the UN's nuclear agency as soon as possible." http://bit.ly/cHhzJG Commerce WSJ: "An oil tanker named Front Page, chartered by Royal Dutch Shell PLC, left this port on March 17 and reported it was going to another U.A.E. port, then on to Saudi Arabia, ship-tracking data show. But the tracking information reveals that Front Page also made an unreported stop-to the coast of Iran. There it loaded Iranian oil, according to records obtained by oil traders and shipping sources." http://bit.ly/dwbAI2 Human Rights AP: "The mothers of three Americans jailed in Iran met with their children on Thursday for the first time since they were arrested 10 months while hiking in the Iraq-Iran border area, Iranian state television reported." http://bit.ly/bNqQhx Opinion David Ignatius in WP: "Let's be generous and call the frantic diplomatic maneuvers that have been taking place this week over Iran's nuclear program a 'negotiation,' Tehran-style. Here's how the scorecard looks: First the Iranians said yes in October to a deal to enrich uranium outside their borders; then they said no; then, on Monday, they said yes to a version of the accord brokered by Turkey and Brazil." http://bit.ly/9oAmpU Joe Klein in TIME: "Neither of these deals will prevent Iran from building itself a nuclear weapon, if that's what it desires - indeed, the Turkey-Brazil deal would allow Iran to enrich uranium at much higher levels of purity than currently allowed by international law. But both, as Vice President Biden might say, are big ... deals. They represent significant changes in the international landscape." http://bit.ly/a1uOF4 Patrick Clawson for the Washington Institute: "In the fluid situation surrounding Iran's nuclear program, perhaps the safest bet is to expect more surprises. Despite the promising draft circulated on May 19, it is not clear how meaningful a sanctions resolution adopted by the UN Security Council will be, even if it is adopted soon. Nor is it clear how vigorously Brazil and Turkey will pursue the trilateral agreement that the two countries reached with Iran on May 16. All the same, important lessons can be drawn from this week's developments." http://bit.ly/c8RgGW 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. 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