#TodayInHistory - On this day in 1977, President Jimmy Carter - TopicsExpress



          

#TodayInHistory - On this day in 1977, President Jimmy Carter welcomes Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the shah of Iran, and his wife, Empress (or Shahbanou) Farrah, to Washington. Over the next two days, Carter and Pahlavi discussed improving relations between the two countries. Two years later, the two leaders political fates would be further entwined when Islamic fundamentalists overthrew the shah and took Americans hostage in Tehran.
Posted on: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 02:40:06 +0000

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