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

To a great extent, Jimmy Carter’s presidency was defined ... The hostage-takers tell Carter they want the shah returned to Iran to stand trial, but Carter refuses. Nov. 17, 1980: Khomeini ...

"My name is Jimmy Carter, and I'm running for president ... "I could have been re-elected if I had taken military action against Iran. It would have shown that I was strong and resolute ...

Former President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday, led the US through a tumultuous time of conflict in the Middle East, gas shortages, Cold War drama and the Iran Hostage Crisis, all of which ...

Kathryn Koob of eastern Iowa and 51 other Americans were taken captive by militant Iranian students. They were held hostage for 444 days. When Koob heard that former President Jimmy Carter had ...

Out of the many mourning former President Jimmy Carter, not everyone can say he saved their life. Rocky Sickmann was a 22-year-old US Marine stationed at the American embassy in Tehran, Iran, when he ...

President Jimmy Carter appointed more judges to the federal bench than any other president has done in a single term.

Historical cables from the British Ambassador suggest that Carter’s problems ran far deeper than the hostage crisis.

Former President Jimmy Carter, best known as a champion of international human rights both during and after his tenure as the ...

Carter rose from relative obscurity—he served just one term as Georgia governor and four years in the Georgia state Senate—to ...