Your company is considering expanding its business to include the totalitarian regime of Iran. Although technically there have been democratic elections there, it is common knowledge that many people have strong reason to believe that the current leadership in fact seized control, regardless of the results of the last election. The current leader has been verbally hostile and generally uncooperative with other leaders from democratic nations. In fact, in recent times, he commented that the holocaust never happened.

What are some of the advantages and disadvantages of marketing your new product in Iran?

If you market your product in Iran, how would you safeguard your investment? What are the risks involved?

If you provide your company with an argument against marketing your new product in Iran, on what grounds would you make such an argument?