Russian Experts Asks West to Remove Sanctions to Make Meaningful Deal with Iran Possible Russian Experts Asks West to Remove Sanctions to Make Meaningful Deal with Iran PossibleSeveral Russian experts questioned effectiveness of the western sanctions against Iran, and recommended that the so-called crippling sanctions imposed on Iran's economy be lifted in a bid to reach a meaningful deal over the country's nuclear issue. Director of the Russian Center for Socio-Political Studies Vladimir Yevseyev said at a press conference, “These sanctions are unethical and, devised aimed at punishing the Iranian nation, and are quite unrelated with the country’s nuclear program.” Yevseyev pointed out that the last set of the US sanctions against Iran were ratified at the US Congress simultaneously with the swearing-in ceremony of Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, which showed Washington’s antagonist standpoint, adding, “The US must revise its policies towards Iran.” The head of Russia's Center fo