"How Does a Born-Again Christian Deal with a Born-Again Moslem?" The Religious Dimension of the Iranian Hostage Crisis.

The article discusses the religious aspects of the 1979-1981 Iran Hostage Crisis, including U.S. President Jimmy Carter's Baptist religion and political Islam in the Iranian state under Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. An overview of the impact that Carter's Baptist religion had on U.S. foreign relations with Iran is provided. An overview of the U.S.National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski's role in ending the Iran Hostage Crisis, including his negotiations with Iranian Prime Minister Mehdi Bazargan and Iranian Foreign Minister Ibrahim Yazdi in Algeria, is provided.The efforts of the chief of the U.S. State Department’s Near Eastern Affairs bureau Harold Saunders in understanding Islam as a way to solve the Iran Hostage crisis are discussed.