Carter’s advisors viewed Khomeini as a stabilizing figure and an ally to American interests — a catastrophic misjudgment.” ...

SHAH OF IRAN (1919-1980): Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ... then as general secretary. In the early 1970s he emerged as the top leader and worked to ease Cold War tensions with the United States.

(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.

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 ...