Recent domestic disturbances highlight that their totalitarian government has lost the support of its citizens. The Supreme Leader is 84 and in bad health. Crippling economic sanctions from the West are driving them more and more into the arms of Russia and China. What does the future have in store for Iran?
Henry Berman is a retired businessman, working for 34 years at Ecolab in downtown St. Paul. He has been a popular member of the Great Decisions Speaker’s Bureau for the last 5 years, giving presentations throughout the State on such varied topics as Egypt and the Arab Spring, Saudi Arabia, Persian Gulf Tensions, China in Africa, the Kurds and the U.S.- Israel Relations. His main area of interest is the Middle East, where he has personal ties.