How Islamo-Communism destroyed Iran
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On January 20, 1977, President Jimmy Carter was inaugurated. He was handed a gift, cultivated by the hard work, yet imperfect policies, of previous presidents and their administrations. That gift was two pillars of stability for U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East: Israel and Iran.
Yes, you read that right. Israel and Iran. The two countries that have been enemies ever since. It will shock younger people to learn that Israel and Iran were once our two top allies in the Middle East. Ask Middle East scholars and they’ll tell you. Israel and Iran were our two top allies in the region, period. I know it’s hard to believe, but it’s true.
This is what the women in Iran looked like before the radical Islamists and atheist Communists, with the help of Jimmy Carter, took over Iran and destroyed it.
This is what they look like now.
When Jimmy Carter left the presidency merely four years later, Iran was no longer our ally. It had become our worst enemy in the Middle East.
The country, Iran, that in January 1977 had viewed America as its best friend and benefactor now burned U.S. flags in the streets and denounced us as “the Great Satan” and today calls for the crucifixion of President Trump - while still trying to build a nuclear bomb to wipe Israel off the face of the earth and destroy America. The difference could not be more dramatic.
How did this happen? The answer is Democrat President Jimmy Carter and his failed intelligence “advisors.” Carter and his administration let the moderate Shah of Iran fall, to be replaced by the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, and the rest is history.
You’ll find conflicting views in the “fake news” about how that happened - but here’s MY view of the truth based on a balanced review of the facts - I have linked articles I used for this newsletter. If I get anything wrong - please send me an email and provide me with evidence of the contrary.
The former Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pavlavi, was America’s best friend in the Middle East, bar none. He was also a liberalizing force in Iran, albeit a gradualist: he believed too much change too fast would result in exactly what resulted.
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran, was raised in a family that, while Muslim, also embraced a blend of traditional and modern influences. He was educated in Switzerland and later at the Military College of Tehran, reflecting his father's efforts to modernize and Westernize Iran. While the Pahlavi dynasty generally promoted a secular approach to governance, Islam, particularly Twelver Shia Islam, was still a significant part of national identity and culture. They were considered moderates, however, not radicals - just like the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia, today.
Democrat President Jimmy Carter betrayed the Shah, and Iran, and in doing so let countless other countries fall to Communism and other totalitarians. It may be that his one term is the darkest period in American history. That’s why he’s considered the worst President in history. And the consequences keep rolling on.
At the beginning of Carter’s presidency, in 1977, the United States and Iran were allies. Carter called Iran “an island of stability in one of the more troubled areas of the world” during a visit to Tehran and maintained a strategic relationship with the Shah of Iran, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi.
The Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, was initially installed by the British and Soviet forces in 1941 after they invaded and forced his father, Reza Shah, to abdicate power - because they said he was pro-Nazi. The Communists even tried to assassinate him.
From 1941-1951, there were several Prime Ministers appointed by the Shah in Iran - while Pahlavi remained the Shah of Iran.
Mohammad Mosaddegh was appointed as Prime Minister of Iran in 1951, not personally elected. He was appointed by the Shah of Iran after his National Front won a majority of seats in the 16th parliamentary election.
Mosaddegh was the Prime Minister of Iran from 1951 to 1953, while Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was the Shah of Iran. Mosaddegh’s stated goal was to nationalize the Iranian oil industry, which threatened Western oil interests.
William Knox D'Arcy, a British businessman, played a crucial role in establishing the Iranian oil industry by securing a concession to explore for oil in 1901 and subsequently discovering oil in 1908. This led to the formation of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (later Anglo-Iranian Oil Company), marking the beginning of Iran's modern oil industry. The Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) was established in 1909 to commercialize the oil discovery.
D’Arcy was the first Westerner to discover the oil-production potential of the Middle East and the West actually built the Middle East oil industry. Mosaddegh wanted to take control of that and the West wasn’t having it. They built it - they made it profitable - and they wanted to control it.
In 1953, the United States (through the CIA) and the United Kingdom (through MI6) orchestrated a coup to overthrow Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh. Judging Mosaddegh to be unamenable and fearing his alliance with, and the growing influence of, the Communist Tudeh party, UK prime minister Winston Churchill and the Eisenhower administration decided in early 1953 to overthrow Mosaddegh.
The coup resulted in the removal of Communist-sympathizer Mosaddegh and the reinstatement of the moderate, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, as Shah, solidifying his power and paving the way for his long rule.
Under the reign of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, from 1941 to 1977, Iran experienced a period of significant economic development and modernization.
Increased oil revenues (through collaboration with the West) played a significant role in funding development projects in Iran and led to rapid economic expansion. By 1977, oil revenues reached $20 billion per year, representing 79% of the Iranian government's total revenue.
In November 1977, President Carter and First Lady Rosalynn Carter hosted the Shah and his wife, Empress Farah Pahlavi, at the White House for a State Visit.
As if a light were switched off, the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlevi, portrayed for 20 years as a progressive modern ruler by Islamic standards, was suddenly, in 1977-1978, turned into a foaming at the mouth monster by the international left-wing media.
The Shah’s arrival sparked a massive protest between pro and anti-Shah factions on the Ellipse that injured more than one hundred demonstrators and police officers.
President Reagan later stated that the Carter administration’s misguided policies in Iran caused the fall of the late Shah, calling it a historical stain in American history.
Reagan argued that the U.S. should have remained friends with the Shah’s government and helped “right the wrongs,” rather than abandoning him and facing “a maniacal fanatic who has slaughtered thousands and thousands.”
Carter effectively undermined the Shah’s power. Carter himself admitted to following the duplicitous advice of U.S. Ambassador Sullivan, who was viewed as deceitful and dangerously misguided.
It came to be well-acknowledged that the political uprising against the Shah had Carter’s backing, which ultimately led to his removal from power. This policy miscalculation not only caused the Shah’s downfall but also plunged Iran into chaos, leaving it a victim of history.
Carter observed the 1979 crisis in Iran from a distance, while his State Department displayed overt hostility toward the Shah. The Shah soon realized that neither Carter nor the U.S. had any intention of supporting him, and he described America’s policy as delusional. At the height of the turmoil, the Shah was abandoned.
Carter was advised to demand the Shah leave Iran immediately and to align with the Shia Mullahs. Meanwhile, U.S. intelligence agencies were disorganized and at odds with each other. Most notably, the CIA failed to predict the 1979 upheaval or the disastrous rise of the Mullahs in Iran, cementing Carter’s role as a key figure in the fiasco.
Carter’s constant moralizing, cloaked in populism, often bordered on naivety. He claimed to act in the name of God but appeared out of touch with reality. The Shah kept asking, “Why is the CIA so intensely active against me?”
The CIA was still concerned about the rise of pro-Soviet elements in Iran, specifically the Tudeh Communist Party, and their potential influence in the Shah’s regime. The Tudeh Party of Iran, meaning "People's Party" in Persian, was a Marxist-Leninist Communist party with a significant historical presence in Iran. Formed in 1941, it advocated for workers' rights, social justice, and national independence. The party was heavily influenced by Soviet Communism.
So, IMHO, it looks like the CIA decided that Islamic leadership would be better able to assert power over the rebels in Iran and control the Communists in Iran and that the CIA would still be in charge. THE CIA WAS WRONG. The radical Shia Islamists took over and have been ever since. Obama and Biden then helped them become stronger.
Later the CIA said: “Had we shown more vigilance, America’s policy during Iran’s turmoil could have been different.”
Carter quickly deemed the Ayatollah Khomeini a “sacred” figure, describing him as a religious and moderate leader.
Jimmy Carter launched a deliberate campaign to undermine the Shah of Iran. The Soviets and their left-wing apparatchiks would coordinate with Carter by smearing the Shah in a campaign of lies meant to topple his throne.
The result would be the establishment of a Marxist/Islamic (red-green axis) state in Iran headed by the tyrannical Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. The Iranian revolution, besides enthroning one of the world's most oppressive regimes, would greatly contribute to the creation of the Marxist/Islamic terror network challenging the free world today.
At the same time, a senior Iranian diplomat in Washington observed, "President Carter betrayed the Shah and helped create the vacuum that will soon be filled by Soviet-trained agents and religious fanatics who hate America."
Under the guise of promoting" human rights," Carter made demands on the Shah while blackmailing him with the threat that if the demands weren't fulfilled, vital military aid and training would be withheld. This strange policy, carried out against a staunch, 20 year Middle East ally, was a repeat of similar policies applied in the past by US governments to other allies such as pre-Mao China and pre-Castro Cuba.
Carter started by pressuring the Shah to release "political prisoners" including known terrorists and to put an end to military tribunals. The newly released terrorists would be tried under civil jurisdiction with the Marxist/Islamists using these trials as a platform for agitation and propaganda. This is a standard tactic of the left then and now. The free world operates at a distinct dis-advantage to Marxist and Islamic nations in this regard as in those countries, trials are staged to "show" the political faith of the ruling elite. Fair trials, an independent judiciary, and a search for justice is considered to be a western bourgeois prejudice. Sound familiar?
Carter pressured Iran to allow for "free assembly" which meant that groups would be able to meet and agitate for the overthrow of the government. It goes without saying that such rights didn't exist in any Marxist or Islamic nation. The planned and predictable result of these policies was an escalation of opposition to the Shah, which would be viewed by his enemies as a weakness. A well-situated internal apparatus in Iran receiving its marching orders from Communists in the Kremlin egged on this growing opposition.
By the fall of 1977, university students, working in tandem with a radical Shia clergy that had long opposed the Shah's modernizing policies, began a well coordinated and financed series of street demonstrations supported by a media campaign reminiscent of the 1947-1948 campaign against China's Chiang Ki Shek in favor of the "agrarian reformer" Communist Mao tse Tung.
At this point the Shah was unable to check the demonstrators, who were instigating violence as a means of inflaming the situation and providing their media stooges with atrocity propaganda. Rumors were circulating amongst Iranians that the CIA under the orders of President Carter organized these demonstrations.
In November 1977, the Shah and his Empress, Farah Diba, visited the White House where they were met with hostility. They were greeted by nearly 4,000 Marxist-led Iranian students, many wearing masks, waving clubs, and carrying banners festooned with the names of Iranian terrorist organizations. The rioters were allowed within 100 feet of the White House where they attacked other Iranians and Americans gathered to welcome the Shah. Only 15 were arrested and quickly released. Sound familiar?
Inside the White House, Carter pressured the Shah to implement even more radical changes. Meanwhile, the Soviets were mobilizing a campaign of propaganda, espionage, sabotage, and terror in Iran. The Shah was being squeezed on two sides.
Khomeini, a 78-year-old Shi'ite cleric whose brother had been imprisoned as a result of activities relating to his Iranian Communist party affiliations, and who had spent 15 years in exile in Ba'th Socialist Iraq, was poised to return.
In exile, Khomeini spoke of the creation of a revolutionary Islamic republic, which would be anti-Western, Communist, and with total power in the hands of an Ayatollah. In his efforts to violently overthrow the government of Iran, Khomeini received the full support of the Soviets.
The head of the Iranian Communist Tudeh Party, in exile in East Berlin, stated, "The Ayatollah's program coincides with that of the Tudeh Party." Khomeini's closest advisor was well known as a revolutionary with close links to Communist intelligence.
American Democrat leaders were also supporting Khomeini. Ramsey Clark, who served as Attorney General under former President Lyndon B. Johnson, urged the US government to take no action to help the Shah so that Iran "could determine it's own fate." Clark played a behind the scenes role influencing members of Congress to not get involved in the crisis.
Khomeini was allowed to seize power in Iran and, as a result, we are now reaping the harvest of anti-American and anti-Israeli fanaticism and extremism. Khomeini unleashed the hybrid of radical Shia Islam and Communism that has spawned suicide bombers and hijackers.
Iranian protests against the Shah’s leadership prompted a revolution which ousted him from power in early 1979 and reinstated Islamic fundamentalist Ayatollah Khomeini to power.
Anti-American sentiment swelled in Iran, particularly after President Carter allowed the exiled Shah into the United States for medical treatment in October 1979. These tensions reached a breaking point less than two weeks later.
On November 4, 1979, Iranian students seized the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and took 66 American diplomats and military personnel hostage, sending the U.S. into a full-scale diplomatic crisis that lasted for 444 days.
Days turned into weeks, months into a year. Throughout negotiations, President Carter tried to avoid direct conflict with Iran, prioritizing the safe return of the hostages over decisive action.
One rescue attempt, Operation Eagle Claw, was aborted due to equipment failure; unfortunately, a helicopter crashed during departure, killing eight service members.
Ultimately, Carter and his team negotiated the release of the 52 remaining hostages, but to Carter’s dismay, they were not released until after Ronald Reagan took the Oath of Office on January 20, 1981.
One week later, President Reagan celebrated the brave American hostages at the White House with a massive South Lawn ceremony, parade, fireworks, and a reception.
While Carter is now gone, his policies continued on in what was described as “Carter 2” (Obama) and “Carter 3” (Biden) regarding the Islamic Republic of Iran. The world first faced the rise of Islamic radicalization during Carter’s era, it grew under Obama & Biden and the battle against Islamo-Communist (the red-green axis) terrorism continues to this day.
If you didn’t know, when Obama came into power - Obama enabled and empowered Iran - a predominantly Shia Muslim country.
Since 1979, the United States has designated Iran as the number one nation in the world for terrorism. Iran was actually on a downward slide before Obama came into power - but then Obama gave Iran $4 billion so they could stay in business and keep the lights on. Congress didn’t approve it.
After that, Obama released $150 billion to Iran by lifting sanctions on Iran. Iran used that money to fuel terrorism. If you wonder where all of these terror tunnels came, in Gaza or in Lebanon, they came from money that Obama allowed Iran to have and they utilized to advance terrorism.
If it weren’t for the actions of [Obama-Biden-Harris] it could very likely have been that there never would have been an October 7th because the Obama regime has continually funded Hamas, Iran and their terror network.
The Obama-Biden-Harris administration gave $6 billion to Iran just before the attack in Israel on October 7, 2023 and then AFTER the attack they gave another $10 billion to Iran. So, what did that money go for? That money went for terrorism and the Red-Green Axis plans to create nuclear bombs to terrorize the world.
Red-Green Axis
If you haven’t figured it out yet - Communist China & Iran-Qatar (backed by the NWO and the UN) want Islamo-Communism to rule America and for our country to be divided, sick and weak. Their foot soldiers are the enemy within.
Why do I think Obama is so tied to Iran?
President Obama was raised by a Communist mother and grandmother and a Shia Muslim father and stepfather. His allegiances do not lie with America or Israel. They lie with the Muslim world - and with Iran specifically.
Also, Communist China’s plan for global dominance by 2050 relies on Russia and Iran as geopolitical assets. China buys significant amounts of energy (both oil and natural gas) from Russia and is a major buyer of Iranian oil. China relies heavily on Russia for pipeline gas and seaborne oil, while Iran is a top oil supplier, with deals often structured to bypass sanctions.
The former President of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, who tends to spout off after he’s had a few cocktails, basically confirmed that Russia is a friend to the Islamo-Communists and an enemy to America.
He wrote this a few days after after Trump captured Maduro:
DMITRY MEDVEDEV: "The year got off to a turbulent start.
1. Above all, its opening will be remembered for [Trump's] abduction of Maduro. This, of course, was an utterly vile act of thuggery—or, to put it more elegantly, a full-blown catastrophe for international relations.
As things stand, there are only two possible scenarios. Either the United States quietly releases the kidnapped Venezuelan president under some face-saving pretext—which is unlikely—or he turns into the Latin American version of Nelson Mandela. The latter seems more probable.
In that case, his name will be etched into South American history right alongside Bolívar, Miranda, and Chávez. And even if Trump, out of sheer stubbornness, refuses to pardon Maduro later, public pressure will almost certainly force Vance or another successor to do so.
Yes, oil is the key factor here. But even with oil, nothing is simple. What if the current Venezuelan authorities don’t feel like sharing it with the gringos over the long term? What then? Is Trump really prepared to launch a ground operation? That would absolutely require approval from Congress, and it would be far bloodier than the brazen kidnapping of Maduro. Moreover, the Senate has just tightened the leash on Trump, curbing his militarist impulses. And does the current administration even need such a war? Highly doubtful.
One more thing, and I noted this immediately as the Yankees were pulling off their little stunt: following something like this, America’s elites—Republican and Democrat alike—should permanently shove their long tongues back into their scrawny backsides and simply acknowledge the legitimacy of Russia’s Special Military Operation.
2. The sanctions Trump announced against Russia, which he says he “hopes he doesn’t have to use.”
Everything here is perfectly clear, with no room for illusions.
America’s sanctions policy will continue regardless of circumstances. Russia will be pressured to make compromises on security guarantees and territorial issues that are completely unacceptable to us. And then the ringleader of the White House will be “forced” to impose sanctions under the law authored by the aging, degenerate Russophobe Graham. Unpleasant. But nothing new. We will weather it this time as well.
3. The episode involving the tanker from the so-called shadow fleet.
It is obvious why it sought refuge under a “temporary Russian flag”: facing the threat of seizure, it was looking for protection from illegal American sanctions. That said, the method chosen was far from ideal.
Yes, what happened was a clear violation of the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. But it bears recalling that the United States never ratified that convention. In this context, granting temporary authorization to fly the Russian flag to a vessel that—albeit unlawfully—is being pursued by our principal geopolitical adversary, an adversary currently in unstable condition, was a move with entirely predictable consequences.
This, of course, does not diminish the undeniable fact that the actions of the increasingly brazen Americans amount to the criminal seizure of a civilian vessel. And the response to this should lie wholly outside the framework of the Convention on the Law of the Sea—especially since, as one prominent legal scholar has noted, international law is of no relevance to him anyway. In any case, it must be understood that since the beginning of the year, international relations have descended into outright Bedlam.
We must act accordingly: there are far too many unhinged actors around. And it should be recognized that such patients are never calmed by the gentle admonitions of kind psychiatrists—only by orderlies with massive fists and impassive expressions. Dangerous psychotics require either a straitjacket or a timely injection of haloperidol—just as happened last night in the west of the Banderite Ukraine."
After Dmitry said Maduro must be released he followed up with: “Russia is a major nuclear power who could act preemptively, which is more effective than diplomacy or money.”
Dmitry also previously confirmed that Russia and Communist China intended to help Iran REBUILD their nuclear weapons sites in order to attack Israel. The prevailing winds in Israel vary but are predominantly from the north and west. So, if Iran dropped a nuclear bomb on Israel - not only would Israel and its people be destroyed - but fallout would hit Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Syria, Iraq, UAE & Kuwait. Nobody in the region wants the zealots in Iran to have a nuclear weapon. Common sense.
So, Russia and China planned to use Iran to attack Saudi Arabia and Israel with nukes and Venezuela to attack America with nukes. They told us so by their words and actions! They tried once with Cuba but that failed.
Also, everybody talks about the fall of the Soviet Union but if the Communists are out of power in Russia why does Putin (who calls himself a Christian) align himself with every other atheist Islamo-Communist nation, like China, Russia, Iran, Venezuela, Cuba, etc. We will know them by their fruits!
Exiled Iranian opposition figure Reza Pahlavi recently urged all Iranian workers in oil, gas, and energy to launch a nationwide strike. He also called for mass protests across the country.
Reza Pahlavi, the eldest son of Iran’s last Shah, holds the symbolic title of Crown Prince of Iran, a title he claimed after his father’s death, though the monarchy was overthrown in 1979.
His father was Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, the last ruling Shah (King of Kings) of Iran, who reigned until the 1979 revolution. He is the incumbent head of the Pahlavi dynasty but holds no official governing title as Iran is an Islamic Republic.
REZA: “I also ask all of you to take to the streets. Pour out to the streets with national flags, images, symbols and reclaim public spaces as your own. Our goal is no longer merely to take to the streets; the goal is to prepare to seize city centers and hold them. I, too, am preparing to return to the homeland so that, at the moment of victory of our national revolution, I can stand beside you, the great nation of Iran. I believe that day is very near.”
The women of Iran are giving the Ayatollah the finger.
President Trump just slapped a 25% tariff on all countries who trade with Iran and told Americans to leave the country. Canada did as well.
This is the second week of Iran’s latest uprising. Reza was 7 years old when his father was coronated as the Shah of Iran - 30 years later the Mullahs overthrew Iran and drove his family out of Iran and it’s been that way ever since. The people of Iran yearn to be free like they were under the Shah.
Iran is experiencing widespread, intense anti-government protests that began in late December 2025, initially triggered by a severe economic crisis—including a dramatic collapse of the rial currency, hyperinflation, and widespread hardship. These demonstrations have evolved into one of the most significant challenges to the Islamic Republic’s clerical regime in years, spreading across all 31 provinces, involving hundreds of cities and towns, and including strikes, civil disobedience, and direct anti-regime chants against the Supreme Leader.
Protests continue nationwide despite a brutal security response from forces including the IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps), Basij militia, police, and regular military units. Reports describe live fire, grenade use, and violent suppression, with some areas seeing running battles, arson against regime symbols (e.g., banks, vehicles, state media outlets), and protesters fortifying positions.
It’s hard to know the truth of what’s going on in Iran due to a near-total nationwide internet and communications blackout (including mobile networks, landlines, and GPS interference), which severely limits verification and outgoing information. I know Elon is providing satellite coverage but that still likely only accounts for a fraction of total traffic and has reportedly been jammed by the Islamic regime.
The U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) reports at least 1,850 protesters killed and over 16,000 arrested since late December - but these numbers are likely way understated.
This afternoon, President Trump said: "I'm going back to the White House now, we're going to look at the whole situation that's going on in Iran, really bad stuff. We'll get some accurate numbers as to what's happening with regard to the killing. THEN we will act accordingly!"
The policies of Jimmy Carter, Obama and Biden in Iran are the policies that created this mess and that President Trump inherited and is attempting to fix. Nobody knows what President Trump will do. Pray.
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