Canada as seen through the Eyes of New Brunswick Editorial Cartoonists:
The Insight and Humour of Josh Beutel and Bill Hogan
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Introduction |
Editorial Cartoon Database |
Classroom Activities
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Josh Beutel, Telegraph Journal, 1980-4-25
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Reference number: MC2806-301
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Scope and Content
The United States response to the Iran Hostage situation is portrayed as rhetoric by positioning Jimmy Carter in a baby carriage decorated with the Stars and Stripes saying, "As 'get tough' measures we are cancelling all arms orders and peanut butter shipments to Iran."
Title
Tough Measures
Issues
Iran Hostage Crisis (1979-1981)
The Iran hostage crisis was a period from November 4, 1979 to January 20, 1981 beginning with the seizure of the US embassy in Tehran, Iran during which 66 diplomats and citizens of the United States were held hostage by Iranian students. Some of the hostages were released earlier, but 52 remained the full 444 days. The hostage-taking was instigated by the new anti-American ruler of Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini, when he called for more attacks on American and Israeli interests. The Iranian government initially issued a set of demands in return for freeing the hostages, but the invasion of Iran by Iraq in July of 1980 made them more receptive to negotiation. The 444-day crisis was seen as a contributing factor to Jimmy Carter’s defeat in the 1981 election. Although Carter had managed to negotiate the release of the hostages, an agreement was not signed until January 19, 1981, after the election of Ronald Reagan.
Persons
Jimmy Carter
- Born October 1, 1924
- Democrat
- President of the United States, 1977 to 1981
- Created a national energy policy and consolidated governmental agencies
- Enacted strong environmental legislation
- Oversaw the Camp David Accords
- Used human rights as the centre of foreign policy
- Managed the release of hostages in the Iranian Hostage Crisis on his last day in office
- Boycotted the Moscow Olympics
- Defeated in a landslide by Republican Ronald Reagan, 1980