BBC - US President Donald Trump is �behaving like a mafia boss� over the�re-imposition of sanctions on Iran�and withdrawing from the 2015 nuclear deal, the Iranian political analyst Prof Mohammad Marandi has said.

Speaking to�BBC Hardtalk�s�Stephen Sackur, Prof Marandi admitted that the Iranian economy will face difficulties but it will stabilise within a few months, adding that the country has been through much worse.

�The Americans want to crush the Iranian people, they want to humiliate the Iranian people and this simply is not going to work,� he said.

Watch the full interview on BBC World News on Wednesday 15 August and on Thursday 16 August 2018 on the BBC News Channel or watch again on�BBC iPlayer�(UK only).