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was the most serious foreign policy disaster of Jimmy Carter’s presidency. This lasted for 444 days after the deposition of Shah Reza Pahlavi by the forces of Ayatollah Khomeini. Carter’s inability to resolve the issue tanked his popularity and contributed to Ronald Reagan’s landslide victory in 1980. It would later be revealed that the Reagan campaign had worked with a hostile foreign government to prevent a resolution to the predicament until after the election, so he could deny Carter of the successful resolution and claim it for himself.