the international community was alarmed by the crisis in iran and french president of valery giscardd'estaing invited german chancellor helmut schmidt u.s. president jimmy carter and british prime minister jim callaghan to a meeting on the island of guadalupe to discuss what to do a new start for general offered up the. talks had a twofold objective. to increase security and reduce tension around the world. we thought we needed to recognize the realities of today's world and increase our efforts to improve international relations. really well as you said no that's true no. western powers decided that meant abandoning the shah and his regime on january the 16th 1979 he left iran with his family. the shah thought the crisis would soon be over and he would be able to return but in actual fact it was goodbye forever that his real father moved on never forget the tears in his eyes when we left and the officer who threw himself at his majesty's feet. to the party and is that inducted. 14 days later on february the 1st $979.00 khomeini flew from paris to tehran many fear that the sharks air