After Iran’s Islamic revolution, Ayatollah Khomeini vowed to align with “neither East, nor West.” Now his successors are building alliances with China and Russia based on shared hostility to the U.S.
On New Year’s Eve in 1977, President Jimmy Carter rose in the glittering banquet hall of Tehran’s Niavaran Palace to toast the deep bonds between the U.S. and Iran. Aslooked on, Mr. Carter showered accolades on the monarch, praising Iran’s modernizing society, attention to human rights and military power.
“Iran, because of the great leadership of the Shah, is an island of stability in one of the more troubled areas of the world,” he told his host before they raised their glasses in friendship.
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