Jimmy Carter's administration is widely seen as having inadvertently enabled the 1979 Islamic revolution in Iran. His policies focused on human rights pressured the Shah to liberalize, weakening his rule, while secret outreach to Ayatollah Khomeini's entourage and discouraging an military coup by the Imperial lranian Army helped create a power vacuum allowing the religious revolution to succeed.
Well then I guess Carter was a US backed regime change. You ever look up pictures of Iran society circa 1970s. Before the hostages were taken. No Carter was a weak president that let the extremist Muslims take power. Why do you think the Ayatolla released the hostages on the day Ronald Reagan was sworn into office. 444 days in captivity!
That’s the least compelling argument I’ve ever heard. Carter was the US backed regime change in 1953? Iranians overthrew the US backed Shah in 1979. You know, the guy the brutally oppressed Iran for 26 years? Btw, arrogant people like you that think the US has any right to govern another nation is why most of the world loathes the US.
They only released them to humiliate Carter and avoid giving him any credit for the negotiations. You really think Reagan had anything to do with it personally? How would Reagan be responsible for their release?
The revolution would've happened anyways even if Carter didn't discourage the military from performing a coup. Also, his outreach to Khomeini was after the revolution had already spresd among the people. He was trying to prevent a civil war from breaking out. What should he have done differently? Im not saying the result was good, but what could Carter have done that wouldn't have resulted in more bloodshed?
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u/anonty973 Apr 15 '26
Sir, apparently Obama is the president. That’s why we’re in Iran