For many Americans, President Jimmy Carter’s legacy is one of compassion ... Prior to the late 1970s, Iran was ruled by Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, a constitutional monarch who pursued rapid ...

Iranians opposed to their nation's Islamist rulers who seized power during the U.S. presidency of Jimmy Carter have reacted ... the monarchy of Iran's U.S.-backed shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ...

1977 — Jimmy Carter welcomes Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the shah of Iran, to Washington, carrying on a strategic relationship that goes back several administrations. The scene in Washington is ...

To a great extent, Jimmy Carter’s presidency was defined ... September 1941: Reza Shah Pahlavi, in power in Iran since 1925 and aligned with Nazi Germany, is forced to abdicate the throne ...

(Atlanta News First) - In 1979, Jimmy Carter’s presidency was under siege ... On Jan. 16, 1979, the U.S.-supported government ...

One of the defining moments of Jimmy Carter’s presidency was the Iran hostage crisis ... of the Iranian people when it allowed the deposed Shah into the United States for cancer treatment.

Washington (AFP) – Jimmy Carter's critics turned his name into ... to foreign affairs after religious hard-liners toppled Iran's shah and seized US embassy staff, whose 444 days in captivity ...