Eye On Iran: Relatives of Kurds Executed in Iran Are Denied the Remains, and 2 Are Arrested

For continuing coverage follow us on Twitter and join our Facebook group. Top Stories NYT: "The authorities in Iran have refused to allow the families of five Kurdish activists hanged on Sunday to bury them, and have arrested the sister and mother of the only woman among the executed, one of the activists' lawyers said Tuesday." http://nyti.ms/bSgEHA Reuters: "U.N. resolutions aimed at increasing sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program 'are not worth a penny' and Tehran will give no ground to pressure, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday." http://bit.ly/d7ln6Z AFP: "A British aviation company must pay a total of 17 million dollars for illegally exporting Boeing aircraft to Iran, after a court on Tuesday added two million dollars to a fine levied earlier this year. Balli Aviation Ltd pleaded guilty in February to illegally exporting three Boeing 747 aircraft to Iran between October 2005 and October 2008, and as part of a plea agreement was ordered to pay 15 million dollars in civil penalties." http://bit.ly/aNoMjf Nuclear Program AP: "Setbacks in Iran's uranium enrichment program have significantly delayed its progress toward building a nuclear weapon, President Barack Obama's top nuclear adviser said Tuesday. The president's coordinator for weapons of mass destruction, Gary Samore, also said that the United States had made clear to Russia that delivering a promised advanced air defense system to Iran would have serious implications on U.S.-Russian relations." http://bit.ly/a8Iztt Sun Sentinel: "U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch, D-Boca Raton, appears Wednesday before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. He'll testify about the move he led in the Florida State Senate that resulted in the state indentifying and divesting more than $1.5 billion from companies whose investments bolster the Iranian nuclear weapons program." http://bit.ly/d7fnTa Human Rights Radio Farda: "Rasul Abbasi, the director-general for transportation and traffic coordination of Iran's municipalities, has told the Borna news agency that taxi drivers are not allowed to play banned music in their taxis. Abbasi said that if they did so, they would be dealt with according to the law, which could lead to the cancellation of their taxi permit and confiscation of their cars." http://bit.ly/bAP8DB Foreign Affairs AP: "Israel's foreign minister on Wednesday declared North Korea, Syria and Iran the new 'axis of evil,' claiming that North Korean weapons seized in Bangkok in December were bound for Middle Eastern militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah." http://bit.ly/99gj4p Radio Farda: "Some Azerbaijani politicians have blamed Iran for manipulating reservoirs near their common border and contributing to the flooding of villages in southeastern Azerbaijan, RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service reports. The reservoirs are along the Araz River, which forms much of the border between Iran and Azerbaijan." http://bit.ly/cEtcDk Opinion Mark Dubowitz and Ilan Berman in Politico: "While the House and Senate versions of IRPSA target the entire supply chain for gasoline, and the earlier law prohibits investment in Iranian natural gas and oil projects, neither addresses the supply of critical technology, services, support and specialized information required for these energy projects. This is a major oversight - and a missed opportunity." http://bit.ly/azfPSu David Hoffman in Foreign Policy: "It is an enduring calculus of the atomic age: When nations seek to build a nuclear weapon, they also want to deliver it long distances and with great speed by a missile hurtling through the air. Compared to other means of delivery, such as via bombers or a battleship, the missile is the equivalent of a bullet: fast off the mark, deep penetration, and most terrifying to potential victims." http://bit.ly/9unVCL Paulo Sotero in Foreign Policy: "Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva heads to Tehran this week, a sort of victory lap for what he hopes will be a monumental piece of foreign policy: bringing Iran's leadership to the nuclear negotiating table. Last week, Tehran agreed 'in principle' to Brazil and Turkey's offer to facilitate talks on an agreement proposed by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) last October. Should that initiative succeed, it will surely be remembered as Lula's crowning achievement." http://bit.ly/chKexq 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. 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