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Jimmy Carter, a transformative diplomat despite Iran

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Jimmy Carter's critics turned his name into a synonym for weakness over the Iranian hostage crisis.

But he also scored major achievements on the world stage through his mix of moralism and painstaking personal diplomacy.

The 39th president of the United States , who died at age 100 on Sunday , transformed the Middle East by brokering the Camp David Accords .

Carter was crushed by Ronald Reagan in the 1980 election in no small part due to foreign affairs after religious hard-liners toppled Iran 's shah and seized US embassy staff.

Conservative academic William Russell Mead called on then-president Barack Obama to avoid " Carter Syndrome " Mead described the syndrome as "weakness and indecision" and "incoherence and reversals" Carter personally responded in a letter that listed accomplishments on the Camp David accords , China , the Soviet Union and human rights.

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