The international community is applying more pressure on Iran by introducing new sanctions. Now the EU plans to impose new restrictions on Teheran this Thursday, in an attempt to persuade the Islamic Republic to abandon its nuclear ambitions. The move comes a few days after new sanctions were approved by the UN Security Council. Will they yield the desired results? Professor Vladimir Sazhin, senior researcher at the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Oriental Studies, shares his opinions in an interview with Samir Shakhbaz.