At the time, many blamed Carter for not bringing the US hostages in Iran home. But one Marine says he saved his life.

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.

Jimmy Carter's critics turned his name into a synonym for weakness over the Iranian hostage crisis.Robert Strong, a professor at Washington and Lee University who wrote a book on Carter's foreign policy,