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Jimmy Carter: “The United States has no desire to interfere in the internal affairs of Iran, but it does insist on the prompt return of…”

On the recordFebruary 19, 1980
The United States has no desire to interfere in the internal affairs of Iran, but it does insist on the prompt return of the 53 Americans now illegally held in Tehran.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Iran White House Statement on the Establishment of the Commission

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