The Iran hostage crisis became a symbol of a failed presidency, but for some of those who lived it, Jimmy Carter was the one ...

When President Jimmy Carter ran for reelection in 1980, he had to compete against former California Gov. Ronald Reagan. It ...

Former diplomat Barry Rosen was a hostage during the Iran crisis. In an interview with All Things Considered, he reflects on ...

Kathryn Koob of eastern Iowa and 51 other Americans were taken captive by militant Iranian students. They were held hostage ...

At the time, many blamed Carter for not bringing the US hostages in Iran home. But one Marine says he saved his life.

Early in his presidency, in May 1977, then-President Jimmy Carter gave a commencement speech at the University of Notre Dame ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Barry Rosen, one of the 52 Americans held in Iran during the hostage crisis from 1979 to 1981, on President Jimmy Carter's quest to bring about their safe release.

On Sunday, December 29, 2024, former President James Earl “Jimmy” Carter Jr., the longest-living president, passed away at ...

Stuart Eizenstat, a policy advisor to former President Jimmy Carter, discusses Carter's achievements and challenges during ...

The late U.S. president was remembered during his state funeral as a man who put honesty and kindness above partisan politics ...

The one-term president lost his bid for reelection in 1980, with his successes eclipsed at the polls by a stagnant economy and the Iran Hostage crisis. For the next four decades, Carter lived a ...

His record largely reflects this effort – but the Iran hostage crisis has tended to obscure that Carter was otherwise a successful commander-in-chief on the foreign policy front. Within weeks of ...