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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Majid SOURATI, Ahmad PARHIZI

In Iran, Late Jimmy Carter Remembered As 'Architect Of Sanctions'

The former US embassy in Tehran is now a museum know as the "Den of Spies" and is covered in anti-US and anti-Israel graffiti (Credit: AFP)

Iran played a central role in Jimmy Carter's presidency, but in Tehran, where state television branded him the "architect of economic sanctions", many have far from fond memories of the late US president.

The former US president and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, who passed away on Monday at the age of 100, left behind a legacy of punitive measures whose impact on Iran has endured since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

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