<P> Ronald Reagan defeated Jimmy Carter in the November 1980 presidential election with pressure being added to the negotiations by the President - Elect 's talk of not paying `` ransom for people who have been kidnapped by barbarians '' , and a New Years Day threat from Radio Tehran that if the United States did not accept Iran 's demands the hostages would be tried as spies and executed . In the final stages of the negotiations in Algiers , the chief Algerian mediator was the Foreign Affairs Minister Mohammed Benyahia who interacted primarily with Deputy Secretary of State Warren Christopher from the U.S. side . Former Algerian ambassador to the U.S. Abdulkarim Ghuraib also participated in the negotiations . Much of the money involved was being held in overseas branches of twelve American banks , so Carter , his cabinet , and staff were constantly on the phone to London , Istanbul , Bonn , and other world capitals to work out the financial details . </P>
<P> Ronald Reagan defeated Jimmy Carter in the November 1980 presidential election with pressure being added to the negotiations by the President - Elect 's talk of not paying `` ransom for people who have been kidnapped by barbarians '' , and a New Years Day threat from Radio Tehran that if the United States did not accept Iran 's demands the hostages would be tried as spies and executed . In the final stages of the negotiations in Algiers , the chief Algerian mediator was the Foreign Affairs Minister Mohammed Benyahia who interacted primarily with Deputy Secretary of State Warren Christopher from the U.S. side . Former Algerian ambassador to the U.S. Abdulkarim Ghuraib also participated in the negotiations . Much of the money involved was being held in overseas branches of twelve American banks , so Carter , his cabinet , and staff were constantly on the phone to London , Istanbul , Bonn , and other world capitals to work out the financial details . </P>
who negotiated the release of the hostages from iran
who negotiated the release of the hostages from iran
Mohammed Benyahia Warren Christopher Abdulkarim Ghuraib
Mohammed Benyahia Warren Christopher Abdulkarim Ghuraib