How Iran humiliated Carter.
In 1979, Iranian students seized the US Embassy in Tehran and held 52 hostages for 444 days. Carter tried to free them through diplomacy and then Operation Eagle Claw. The operation failed: the helicopters did not fly, eight American soldiers were killed. This humiliation was one of the main reasons for his defeat in the 1980 elections.
But the bitterest thing awaited Carter at the end. The hostages were not released until January 20, 1981, a few minutes after Reagan's inauguration. The Iranians deliberately waited until Carter left the White House to deny him even this last minute of victory.
Repeating themselves?