Interview: Mohammad Marandi of Tehran University

A team of inspectors from the UN nuclear agency, the IAEA, begins a three-day visit to Iran, to try to determine the purpose of the country's nuclear programme.

The visit comes at a time of heightened tension between Iran and the West.

The west is increasing sanctions on Iran's oil industry, and there are threats from Tehran that it could retaliate by pushing the price of oil up to $150 a barrel.

Mohammad Marandi, an associate professor of American Studies at Tehran University, told Al Jazeera: "If Western regimes try to strangle the Iranian people and to hurt the Iranian economy severely, then the Iranians will have no option but to punish them."

Watch the full interview here and a timeline showcasing international efforts to stop Iranian nuclear proliferation.

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[nilo723]

The free people of the world support you Iran..Don't back down from your rights..

[FreddoX1]

And this is how the Iraq war started.. Israel can go fuck itself.

[storeylas]

The US government is controlled by the Israeli lobby. Vote Ron Paul

[paulalock14]

I like the way these Iranians have the courage to stand up to the western empire and they win all the debate when they are actually allowed to have a voice even in unfair debates.

Bravo

[paulalock14]

The Iranian professor is spot on. Well said.

[TheDayApproaches]

Same guy...same crap...different day...*yawn*

[joyo17]

This guy is telling the truth.

[kitkatiran]

I dont understand why they even bring this idiot on CNN and Aljazeera?! All he does is repeating the iranian regime propaganda! He wont tell you anything about hundreds of political activists and journalists in irans prisons!!!

[kitkatiran]

This guy is a puppet ruled by iranian regime and he always says the crap dictated by the mullahs, those of you who dont know anything about whats going on in iran support the regime, just couple of days ago they sentenced a blogger to death in iran because he was posting stuff on the internet that the government doesnt like! How can you support a government this brutal and blood thirsty ??? Irans only ally in the region is Syria! look at how theyre killing their own people too...

[Walhei960]

What a liar! Cameras recording? What about all the secret installations! Underground installations? Muslims lie and deceive. They are master's at lying and deceiving. No Westerners should ever trust what they say. All, I repeat, All of them want to take over the World. Only difference is tactics and who has the power. That is where they disagree with each other. Even Muslims soldiers who are supposedly on our side, kill us! Islam is a bloody cult forced on people through violence and terror.

[ThePayola123]

What a Sick World We've Created out of Fear.

[slovokia]

I wonder what George Orwell would make of this guy.