[lightman]

It began in Tehran in 1979

[VOA]

It began in Tehran in 1979

Good point.
Although I was a teenager at the time, I did keep up with the news...
and over the years, I've gotten the feeling that the US "news media" has conveniently
reported that time period in terms most favorable to Jimmy Carter.

The Shah was no saint...but he wasn't on the fast track to "Axis of Evil" status
like the Ayatollah and all the mullahs/imams/etc.