article_snippet.sent: The problem was a rush to reconcile: At a November 1, 1979, Algiers reception, Zbigniew Brzezinski, President Jimmy Carter's national security adviser, met Iranian Prime Minister Mehdi Bazargan.
article_snippet.sent: According to Brzezinski's own memoir, Brzezinski told Iranian Prime Minister Mehdi Bazargan that the United States was open to any relationship the Islamic republic wanted.
article_snippet.sent: Brzezinski's dream of reconciliation became a nightmare.