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 ===Carter supported overthrow of the Shah===
 {{See also|1979 Islamic Revolution}}
-Jimmy Carter strongly supported the Ayatollah regime's takeover of Iran. In 1978, "Carter and his advisors concluded that the [[Shah Reza Pahlavi|Persian Shah]], America's Gulf policeman, was obsolete, and they believed [[Ayatollah Khomeini]], who was in exile in [[Paris]], would suit the [[US]] as he was [[anti-Communist]] and anti-[[Soviet]]."
+Jimmy Carter strongly supported the Ayatollah regime's takeover of Iran. In 1979, "Carter and his advisors concluded that the [[Shah Reza Pahlavi|Persian Shah]], America's Gulf policeman, was obsolete, and they believed [[Ayatollah Khomeini]], who was in exile in [[Paris]], would suit the [[US]] as he was [[anti-Communist]] and anti-[[Soviet]]."
 "Carter went so far as to declare—ten days before Khomeini landed in [[Tehran]]—that [[US intelligence]] determined Khomeini would be an Iranian Gandhi. He also claimed Khomeini had no desire to spread the [[revolution]] outside Iran, would focus on tractors rather than [[tank]]s, and be a loyal envoy for the interests of the free world... These evaluations were the fruits of [[delusion]]s of a [[reality]] that didn't match the [[Middle East]]ern reality," Ettinger said, noting that "Carter's approach also characterized his stance on the [[Palestinian]] issue and influenced the development of the [[Camp David Accords|peace agreement with Egypt]]."<ref>S. Cohen, [https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/401547 Jimmy Carter's aid to the Ayatollahs] ''INN'', Dec 30, 2024</ref>

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 {{Cquote|Indeed, it was on July 3, 1979, that President Carter signed the first directive for secret aid to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in [[Kabul]]. And that very day, I wrote a note to the president in which I explained to him that in my opinion this aid was going to induce a Soviet military intervention.<ref>https://www.theamericanconservative.com/the-untold-story-of-carters-fateful-foreign-policy/</ref>}}
-===Carter supported the overthrow of the Shah===
+===Carter supported overthrow of the Shah===
 {{See also|1979 Islamic Revolution}}
 Jimmy Carter strongly supported the Ayatollah regime's takeover of Iran. In 1978, "Carter and his advisors concluded that the [[Shah Reza Pahlavi|Persian Shah]], America's Gulf policeman, was obsolete, and they believed [[Ayatollah Khomeini]], who was in exile in [[Paris]], would suit the [[US]] as he was [[anti-Communist]] and anti-[[Soviet]]."

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 {{Cquote|Indeed, it was on July 3, 1979, that President Carter signed the first directive for secret aid to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in [[Kabul]]. And that very day, I wrote a note to the president in which I explained to him that in my opinion this aid was going to induce a Soviet military intervention.<ref>https://www.theamericanconservative.com/the-untold-story-of-carters-fateful-foreign-policy/</ref>}}
-===Carter supported [[Ayatollah]] [[Jihad]]i Revolution ===
+===Carter supported the overthrow of the Shah===
 {{See also|1979 Islamic Revolution}}
 Jimmy Carter strongly supported the Ayatollah regime's takeover of Iran. In 1978, "Carter and his advisors concluded that the [[Shah Reza Pahlavi|Persian Shah]], America's Gulf policeman, was obsolete, and they believed [[Ayatollah Khomeini]], who was in exile in [[Paris]], would suit the [[US]] as he was [[anti-Communist]] and anti-[[Soviet]]."
-Noted: "Carter went so far as to declare—ten days before Khomeini landed in [[Tehran]]—that [[US intelligence]] determined Khomeini would be an Iranian Gandhi. He also claimed Khomeini had no desire to spread the [[revolution]] outside Iran, would focus on tractors rather than [[tank]]s, and be a loyal envoy for the interests of the free world... These evaluations were the fruits of [[delusion]]s of a [[reality]] that didn't match the [[Middle East]]ern reality," Ettinger said, noting that "Carter's approach also characterized his stance on the [[Palestinian]] issue and influenced the development of the [[Camp David Accords|peace agreement with Egypt]]."<ref>S. Cohen, [https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/401547 Jimmy Carter's aid to the Ayatollahs] ''INN'', Dec 30, 2024</ref>
+"Carter went so far as to declare—ten days before Khomeini landed in [[Tehran]]—that [[US intelligence]] determined Khomeini would be an Iranian Gandhi. He also claimed Khomeini had no desire to spread the [[revolution]] outside Iran, would focus on tractors rather than [[tank]]s, and be a loyal envoy for the interests of the free world... These evaluations were the fruits of [[delusion]]s of a [[reality]] that didn't match the [[Middle East]]ern reality," Ettinger said, noting that "Carter's approach also characterized his stance on the [[Palestinian]] issue and influenced the development of the [[Camp David Accords|peace agreement with Egypt]]."<ref>S. Cohen, [https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/401547 Jimmy Carter's aid to the Ayatollahs] ''INN'', Dec 30, 2024</ref>
 The [[Carter administration]] viewed the Ayatollah Khomeini as a "[[progressive]] force for [[human rights]]," the "Iranian Mandela"' and "Iranian Gandhi." One of the Ayatollah's first acts was to issue a [[fatwa]] promising paradise for children who joined the Iranian military during the [[Iran-Iraq war]]. By 1982, with [[Shi'a]] clergy in command, the government asked children, age 9 years old and up, to clear minefields so the regular Army could advance against the [[Saddam Hussein]]'s Army. <ref>[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/iran-iraq.htm Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988), ''Iraqi Retreats, 1982-84''], Globalsecruity.org, retrieved 20 March 2007.</ref><ref>[http://www.matthiaskuentzel.de/contents/ahmadinejads-demons ''Ahmadinejad's Demons: A Child of the Revolution Takes Over''], Matthias Küntzel, The New Republic, 24 April 2006 .</ref> About 100,000 died as ''Basij'' child soldiers building the [[Islamic Republic of Iran]].

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 ===Carter supported [[Ayatollah]] [[Jihad]]i Revolution ===
 {{See also|1979 Islamic Revolution}}
-Jimmy Carter strongly supported the Ayatollah regime's takeover of Iran. In 1978, "Carter and his advisors concluded that the [[Shah Reza Pahlavi|Persian Shah]], America's Gulf policeman, was obsolete, and they believed [[Ayatollah Khomeini]], who was in exile in Paris, would suit the US as he was anti-Communist and anti-Soviet."
+Jimmy Carter strongly supported the Ayatollah regime's takeover of Iran. In 1978, "Carter and his advisors concluded that the [[Shah Reza Pahlavi|Persian Shah]], America's Gulf policeman, was obsolete, and they believed [[Ayatollah Khomeini]], who was in exile in [[Paris]], would suit the [[US]] as he was [[anti-Communist]] and anti-[[Soviet]]."
-Noted: "Carter went so far as to declare—ten days before Khomeini landed in Tehran—that US intelligence determined Khomeini would be an Iranian Gandhi. He also claimed Khomeini had no desire to spread the revolution outside Iran, would focus on tractors rather than tanks, and be a loyal envoy for the interests of the free world... These evaluations were the fruits of delusions of a reality that didn't match the Middle Eastern reality," Ettinger said, noting that "Carter's approach also characterized his stance on the Palestinian issue and influenced the development of the peace agreement with Egypt."<ref>S. Cohen, [https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/401547 Jimmy Carter's aid to the Ayatollahs] ''INN'', Dec 30, 2024</ref>
+Noted: "Carter went so far as to declare—ten days before Khomeini landed in [[Tehran]]—that [[US intelligence]] determined Khomeini would be an Iranian Gandhi. He also claimed Khomeini had no desire to spread the [[revolution]] outside Iran, would focus on tractors rather than [[tank]]s, and be a loyal envoy for the interests of the free world... These evaluations were the fruits of [[delusion]]s of a [[reality]] that didn't match the [[Middle East]]ern reality," Ettinger said, noting that "Carter's approach also characterized his stance on the [[Palestinian]] issue and influenced the development of the [[Camp David Accords|peace agreement with Egypt]]."<ref>S. Cohen, [https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/401547 Jimmy Carter's aid to the Ayatollahs] ''INN'', Dec 30, 2024</ref>
-The Carter administration viewed the Ayatollah Khomeini as a "[[progressive]] force for [[human rights]]," the "Iranian Mandela"' and "Iranian Gandhi." One of the Ayatollah's first acts was to issue a [[fatwa]] promising paradise for children who joined the Iranian military during the [[Iran-Iraq war]]. By 1982, with [[Shi'a]] clergy in command, the government asked children, age 9 years old and up, to clear minefields so the regular Army could advance against the [[Saddam Hussein]]'s Army. <ref>[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/iran-iraq.htm Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988), ''Iraqi Retreats, 1982-84''], Globalsecruity.org, retrieved 20 March 2007.</ref><ref>[http://www.matthiaskuentzel.de/contents/ahmadinejads-demons ''Ahmadinejad's Demons: A Child of the Revolution Takes Over''], Matthias Küntzel, The New Republic, 24 April 2006 .</ref> About 100,000 died as ''Basij'' child soldiers building the [[Islamic Republic of Iran]].
+The [[Carter administration]] viewed the Ayatollah Khomeini as a "[[progressive]] force for [[human rights]]," the "Iranian Mandela"' and "Iranian Gandhi." One of the Ayatollah's first acts was to issue a [[fatwa]] promising paradise for children who joined the Iranian military during the [[Iran-Iraq war]]. By 1982, with [[Shi'a]] clergy in command, the government asked children, age 9 years old and up, to clear minefields so the regular Army could advance against the [[Saddam Hussein]]'s Army. <ref>[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/iran-iraq.htm Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988), ''Iraqi Retreats, 1982-84''], Globalsecruity.org, retrieved 20 March 2007.</ref><ref>[http://www.matthiaskuentzel.de/contents/ahmadinejads-demons ''Ahmadinejad's Demons: A Child of the Revolution Takes Over''], Matthias Küntzel, The New Republic, 24 April 2006 .</ref> About 100,000 died as ''Basij'' child soldiers building the [[Islamic Republic of Iran]].
 === Iran Hostage Crisis ===

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 ===Carter supported [[Ayatollah]] [[Jihad]]i Revolution ===
 {{See also|1979 Islamic Revolution}}
-Jimmy Carter strongly supported the Ayatollah regime's takeover of Iran. In 1978, "Carter and his advisors concluded that the Persian Shah, America's Gulf policeman, was obsolete, and they believed Ayatollah Khomeini, who was in exile in Paris, would suit the US as he was anti-Communist and anti-Soviet."
+Jimmy Carter strongly supported the Ayatollah regime's takeover of Iran. In 1978, "Carter and his advisors concluded that the [[Shah Reza Pahlavi|Persian Shah]], America's Gulf policeman, was obsolete, and they believed [[Ayatollah Khomeini]], who was in exile in Paris, would suit the US as he was anti-Communist and anti-Soviet."
 Noted: "Carter went so far as to declare—ten days before Khomeini landed in Tehran—that US intelligence determined Khomeini would be an Iranian Gandhi. He also claimed Khomeini had no desire to spread the revolution outside Iran, would focus on tractors rather than tanks, and be a loyal envoy for the interests of the free world... These evaluations were the fruits of delusions of a reality that didn't match the Middle Eastern reality," Ettinger said, noting that "Carter's approach also characterized his stance on the Palestinian issue and influenced the development of the peace agreement with Egypt."<ref>S. Cohen, [https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/401547 Jimmy Carter's aid to the Ayatollahs] ''INN'', Dec 30, 2024</ref>

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		+	{{See also\|1979 Islamic Revolution}}
	Jimmy Carter strongly supported the Ayatollah regime's takeover of Iran. In 1978, "Carter and his advisors concluded that the Persian Shah, America's Gulf policeman, was obsolete, and they believed Ayatollah Khomeini, who was in exile in Paris, would suit the US as he was anti-Communist and anti-Soviet."		Jimmy Carter strongly supported the Ayatollah regime's takeover of Iran. In 1978, "Carter and his advisors concluded that the Persian Shah, America's Gulf policeman, was obsolete, and they believed Ayatollah Khomeini, who was in exile in Paris, would suit the US as he was anti-Communist and anti-Soviet."

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 ==See also==
 * [[Essay:Criticism of Jimmy Carter]]
-* [[2025–2026 Iranian protests]]
+*[[1988 Massacre of Political Prisoners in Iran]]
 ==References==

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 ===SALT II===
-The completed [[Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty II]] or [[SALT II]] agreement was signed by [[President Carter]] and General Secretary [[Brezhnev]] in Vienna on June 18, 1979. President Carter transmitted it to the Senate on June 22 for its advice and consent to ratification.  Carter was standing for re-election in 1980 and had pressured negotiators to make concessions in an effort to secure for himself an alleged election-year triumph.
+The completed [[Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty II]] or [[SALT II]] agreement was signed by [[President Carter]] and General Secretary [[Brezhnev]] in Vienna on June 18, 1979. President Carter transmitted it to the Senate on June 22 for its advice and consent to ratification.  Carter was standing for re-election in 1980 and had pressured [[negotiator]]s to make concessions in an effort to secure for himself an alleged election-year triumph.
 Zbigniew Brezinski later remarked about events two weeks after signing the treaty: