> Carter is a man who is loyal to his friends. Only a few weeks after his letter to Somoza, President Carter “telephoned the royal palace [in Iran] to express support for Shah Mohammed #RezaPahlevi, who faced the worst crisis of his 37-year reign.” This time, Carter’s communication followed the machine-gunning of demonstrators by the Shah’s military forces, armed and trained in the United States, which took thousands of lives according to dissidents.
#JimmyCarter in #PEHR1 #CarterAndTheShah