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Originally Posted by Ustwo
Oh, revisionist history.
The Iranians were terrified Reagan would invade. With Carter, there were no such worries.
Yes it was Carters strong backbone that caused the problems 
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True, the Iranians were worried much more about Reagan, especially after the barbarians comment. I'm certain that they much preferred to deal with Carter. I know the matter of who was directly responsible for the release is in contention, but to deny Carters contributions is to deny history. Reagan had just been inaugurated the day the hostages were released, what could he have possibly done besides a little military posturing.
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The siege ends. In the fall of 1980, the exiled Shah died of cancer complications. In September, Iran agreed to begin negotiations for the hostages' release. In exchange for their release, the United States agreed to turn over $8 billion of Iran's frozen assets, and to refrain from interfering politically or militarily in Iran's internal affairs. The United States and Iran signed the agreement on January 19, 1981, but in a final embarrassment to Carter, the militants did not release the hostages until January 20, the day President Reagan was inaugurated. Just minutes after Reagan took office, a plane carrying the fifty-two remaining hostages left Tehran for a U.S. Army base in Germany. From his home in Georgia, former president Carter announced that the plane carrying the hostages had cleared Iranian airspace, and that every one of the hostages "was alive, was well, and free."
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http://www.answers.com/topic/iranian-hostage-crisis
To get back on track, if there is any, Carter didn't win the Nobel prize because of his work as president.
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Originally Posted by dc_dux
Carter did not receive the Nobel Prize in 2002 for his actions as president, but rather for the work of the Carter Center for the last 20+ years.
* Promoting human rights and working with refugees in Somalia, Ethiopia, Sudan, ...
* Mediating fair elections in Haiti, Guyana, Suriname, Paraguay...
* Serving as Clinton's informal ambassador and facilitating a peaceful settlement in Bosnia
* Working with Habitat for Humanity around the world
But even his presidency was recognized for his emphasis on human rights as central to foreign policy and his accomplishment in bringing peace between Egypt and Israel with the Camp David accords.
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