In 1951 iranian elections returned a to a popular nationalist government under Mohammed Mossadegh. His most controversial commitment was to nationalise the Anglo-Iranian oil company. It went ahead to great popular acclaim, but in August 1953 Mossadegh´s government was violently overthrown and replaced by a dictator called the Shah, and, with the assistance of economic aid from America and a brutal secret service, ruled roughshod over Iran for 26 years.

Did Jimmy Carter do this? Didn´t think so.