frustration. mr. carter showed a flash of anguish once. a. we knew that reagan had won the election. the iranians told es that. a certain gloating that they were responsible for jimmy carter s defeat. mr. carter is burning the midnight oil. he s doing it here in his last night in kaesh. up until the last moment right before he has to shake kennedy s hand he s doing everything he can to get the hostages home. jimmy carter was perceived in iran as the ultimate ally of the s shah. that i will faithfully execute the office we had to wait until ronald reagan had taken the oath of office before the plane was