So they’re rehashing that old story again...that Reagan made a deal with Iran not to release the hostages until after the election.
Peter Baker apparently never sat in an hours long gas line, paid inflationary prices, saw Russia invade Afghanistan, put up with the Iran hostage daily nonsense for 400+ days, endured lousy court appointments, or listened to a sanctimonious phony who won the presidency on a pack of lies about what a wonderful person he was. The same man who blocked a predominantly black school from being built near his home in Plains when he served on the local school board.
What I believe happened is the Iranians realized Reagan was an unknown political factor. His rhetoric suggested stronger actions would be forthcoming of the hostages were not released.