Carter asked for an in-depth report on Iran even before he assumed the reins of government and was persuaded that the shah was not fit to rule Iran…..
Such tripe......it couldn't be any further from the truth. This nightgown blogger has got to be the worst winger site out there.
President Carter hosts shah of Iran on Nov. 15, 1977
By: Andrew Glass
Nov 15, 2007 06:00 AM EST
On this day in 1977, President Jimmy Carter welcomed Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the shah of Iran, and his wife, Empress Farah, to the White House.
Over the next two days, Carter and Pahlavi discussed further cementing the good relations that existed between the two countries.
The Islamic revolution that shook up Iranian society and the subsequent estrangement that has persisted for nearly three decades remained some two years away.
The discussions between Carter and Pahlavi centered on peace prospects for the Middle East, then, as now, a highly volatile part of the world. The two leaders also talked about the energy crisis that sent oil prices soaring to levels (adjusted for inflation) unseen again until this year.
At the time, Carter sought to enlist Iran’s help in reconvening the stalled peace talks between Israel and Egypt. The president also wanted Iran’s assistance in supporting nuclear nonproliferation talks with the Soviet Union.
At a press conference on this day, Carter and Pahlavi reaffirmed their desire to collaborate on alternative energy production and oil conservation. That evening, the Carters hosted a lavish state dinner for the shah and his wife.
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Iran-U.S. Hostage Crisis
(1979-1981)
On November 4, 1979, radical Iranian students seized the United States Embassy complex in the Iranian capital of Tehran. The immediate cause of this takeover was the anger many Iranians felt over the U.S. President Jimmy Carter allowing the deposed former ruler of Iran, Shah Reza Pahlavi, to enter the U.S. for medical treatment. In Iran, this was believed to be an opening move leading up an American-backed return to power by the Shah. The crisis which followed this seizure created a near state of war, ruined Jimmy Carter's presidency, and began an environment of hostility between America and Iran which continues to this day.
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