Booth Media – Former US President Jimmy Carterhas died . He was born in 1924 and would have just  celebrated his 100th birthday on October 1.  If you want a glimpse of his political charisma, YouTube has a clip of  Carter appearing on “What’s My Line  ,” when he was still the sole governor of Georgia. Within five years, he would become President of the United States, from 1977 to 1981.

But today, it seems, everyone has a story to tell. More than two decades later, in 2001 , Jimmy Carter spoke on the last day of the CTIA Wireless International Show in Las Vegas. “I feel like I’m part of this, I’m excited,” Carter, 77, said. Carter praised the work of “entrepreneurs and scientists and engineers who are changing the face of the world.”

He noted that their technologies could solve the problems targeted by the Carter Center.

The former president, interrupted by a few cell phone rings, spoke on stage at the Sands Expo and Venetian Hotel with Tom Wheeler, president of the Wireless Communications Trade Association. Wheeler reminded the audience of Carter’s largely non-technical background and spoke about Carter’s memories of  An Hour Before Daylight  , which was about growing up on a farm in Georgia during the Great Depression.

“We were the only family with an outhouse,” Carter told the crowd. Wheeler also raised a question that many in the tech community can relate to. He pointed out that Carter had been involuntarily retired.

“How does it feel?” the former president told the audience as he refocused his energy on humanitarian efforts through the Carter Center, which is active in providing health services around the world as well as monitoring elections.

Carter donated his appearance fee to the Carter Center… Midway through the hour-long debate, the former president touted his administration’s record of deregulating several industries, including transportation, energy and communications, saying: “If it weren’t for that. Deregulation, this environment that you all live in wouldn’t be possible.”

“Carter also shared with the crowd that it was his belief in free enterprise that led him to enter politics, born of his experiences selling peanuts for a dollar a day as a young man. The audience warmly welcomed the former president, giving him a standing ovation both as he entered the stage and as he left.

Carter joked that was almost enough to make him want to return to politics.

Everyone has their own opinion. When a friend of mine was in high school, he met Jimmy Carter early in his presidency. He said he seemed unusually kind and nice, but he remembered his first reaction. They’ll eat you alive. And yet, afterward, he said, noting his four decades of philanthropic work, that he was also clearly the best former American president.

And the liberal blog Talking Points Memo argues that  Carter’s achievements as president are being reevaluated  : Some considered him completely incomprehensible, with little attention paid to his mediation of peace with the Camp David Accords and his emphasis on universal human rights. And some loved him.

A serious, intelligent, religious, deeply honest man who rejected political expediency and burned through hundreds of pages of memos a day, he preached self-control, stewardship, and sharing for the vote that would alienate him four years later for the excesses of Ronald Reagan… “People assume that because he wasn’t warm and cuddly with Congress, he didn’t get much,” said John Alter [who wrote the first independent biography of Carter in 2020].

He signed more laws in four years than Clinton or Obama did in eight.

The record, by Alter’s count, includes 14 environmental statutes. In one of Carter’s more creative moves, he dusted off the 1906 Archeology Act to keep 56 million acres of Alaskan wilderness pristine.

His piecemeal approach, overlaid with completely nonsensical bills like the Public Utilities Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, sowed the seeds of transforming the national energy system in the face of climate change.

Carter had begun to underline sections in scientific journals about the crises of our time as early as 1971. What is now most disturbing about Carter’s advances in energy and environmental policy is what he was unable to do.

Upon leaving office, he released a report containing recommendations for reducing carbon emissions – exactly as fast as the Paris climate agreement was consolidated 35 years later…

His Carter Center has virtually eradicated some of the most devastating diseases on the African continent. He and Rosalyn have also helped build and repair more than 4,000 homes for Habitat for Humanity, a work that continued into his 90s.

Just six months after he took office, a crowd of teenagers, excited to see the president, cheered him on.

Jimmy Carter and Iran: A Critical Period in Relations Between the Two Countries

Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States, served from January 1977 to January 1981. His presidency was marked by major changes in many parts of the world, including Iran. Relations between Iran and the United States during this period were greatly affected by political, social, and cultural issues, ultimately leading to the hostage crisis that had profound effects on both countries as well as on international relations.

Historical context

Before Jimmy Carter took office, Iran, under the leadership of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, was a key ally of the United States in the Middle East. American support for the Shah and his modernization policies, particularly in the economic and social spheres, caused widespread discontent in Iran. This discontent ultimately led to the Islamic Revolution of 1979, which overthrew the Shah’s regime and replaced it with the Islamic Republic.

Carter’s positions on Iran

Jimmy Carter, early in his presidency, emphasized human rights policies and criticized the shortcomings of the Shah of Iran’s rule. This approach could have been seen as a sign of a change in U.S. policy, but in practice Carter continued to support the Shah, hoping that he could implement the necessary reforms in the country and maintain stability.

The Islamic Revolution and the Hostage Crisis

After the 1979 revolution and the Shah’s flight from Iran, relations between the two countries became extremely strained. In November 1979, a group of Iranian students stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran and took 52 American diplomats and citizens hostage. The crisis lasted for 444 days and placed Carter in a difficult position. His attempts to free the hostages through diplomatic channels as well as military action (Operation Predicament) failed.

Effects and conclusions

The hostage crisis is considered a key factor in Carter’s defeat in the 1980 election. Growing public dissatisfaction with Carter’s handling of the situation and a sense of failure to resolve the crisis helped Republican challenger Ronald Reagan win easily.

Relations between Iran and the United States were severely affected after this crisis, and to this day, its effects can be seen in US foreign policy and developments in the Middle East. After leaving the center of power, Carter himself worked to solve global problems and promote human rights, and his name is still remembered as an influential figure in contemporary history.

Ultimately, the presidency of Jimmy Carter and his relations with Iran not only had profound and lasting effects on the history of both countries, but also brought about changes in the international system. This period clearly demonstrated that foreign policy requires a deep understanding of cultures, histories, and the needs of people.