 Nhau yacho yakakurumidza kuva nhau yenyika dzakawanda nedzomunyika, uye Carter akapika kuti aizoita kuti vasungwa vacho vasunungurwe. Akaramba chikumbiro cheIran chokudzorera Pahlavi mukutsinhana nokusunungurwa kwevabatwa. Kufarirwa kwake kwakawedzera sezvo vanhu vokuAmerica vakaungana vachipindura zvaakataura, asi dambudziko racho rakaramba richiwedzera kuva chinetso kuhurumende yake sezvo rakaramba richienderera mberi. Mukuedza kununura vasungwa, Carter akatanga Operation Eagle Claw muna April 1980. Basa racho rakanga riri dambudziko rakakwana, uye rakaguma norufu rwamasoja eAmerica masere. Kukundikana kwebasa racho kwakasimbisa nzvimbo yaAyatollah Khomeini muIran uye kwakakuvadza zvikuru chimiro chaCarter mukati. Carter akakuvadzwazve apo Vance, uyo akanga aramba zvakasimba basa racho, akasiya basa. Iran yakaramba kutaurirana kudzorerwa kwevabatwa kutozosvikira Iraq yatanga kupindamuna September 1980. NeAlgeria ichishanda somurevereri, kurukurirano dzakapfuurira kutozosvikira chibvumirano chawanwa muna January 1981. Mukutsinhana nokusunungura nhapwa 52, Iran yakabvumirwa kuwana mari yayo inopfuura mabhiriyoni 7 emadhora yakanga yaiswa muchando muUnited States. Iran yakamirira kusunungura nhapwa dzacho kusvikira maminitsi 30 pashure pokunge Carter asiya basa musi waJanuary 20, 1981. 