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You DO realize that the agreement wasn't signed until
after Reagan won the election, and right before he took office, don't you??
From your source:
Despite rumors that Carter might pull out an "
October Surprise" and get the hostages home before the election, negotiations dragged on for months, even after Republican Ronald Reagan's landslide victory in November.
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Ronald Reagan defeated Jimmy Carter in the November
1980 presidential electionwith pressure being added to the negotiations by the President-Elect's talk of not paying "ransom for people who have been kidnapped by barbarians".
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And your own article even states that Iran delayed the Release until Reagan took office:
The hostages were released on January 20, 1981, the day President Carter's term ended. While Carter had an "obsession" with finishing the matter before stepping down, the hostage-takers are thought to have wanted the release delayed as punishment for his perceived support for the Shah.
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