Carter’s advisors viewed Khomeini as a stabilizing figure and an ally to American interests — a catastrophic misjudgment.” ...
(photo credit: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/West Asia News Agency/Reuters) In the late 1970s, Uri Lubrani, Israel’s last ambassador to the Iranian court, and the legendary historian Prof.
Former President Jimmy ... the setback of the Iran Hostage Crisis, Carter’s presidency quickly became overshadowed by the OPEC-induced fuel catastrophe of the early 1970s that helped lead ...
President Jimmy Carter ... how noble intentions can lead to devastating consequences. Prior to the late 1970s, Iran was ruled by Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, a constitutional monarch who pursued ...