The EU embargo is the latest - and most punishing - of a raft of international sanctions designed to pressure Iran to curb its nuclear program.

Most of the West fears that the Islamic republic is seeking to get to the cusp of being able to make nuclear weapons, despite Teheran's repeated denials.

Questions:

1. When did the oil embargo go into effect?

2. What figure did Iran crude exports slip to in May?

3. How many barrels of oil did Europe buy per day from Iran before the embargo?

Answers:

1. Sunday.

2. 1.5 million barrels per day.

3. 600,000.

About the broadcaster:

Emily Cheng is an editor at China Daily. She was born in Sydney, Australia and graduated from the University of Sydney with a degree in Media, English Literature and Politics. She has worked in the media industry since starting university and this is the third time she has settled abroad - she interned with a magazine in Hong Kong 2007 and studied at the University of Leeds in 2009.

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