Exactly. All the eulogizing of Jimmy Carter on MSM completely ignores this fact: Republicans negotiated illegally behind Carter's back to get #Iran not to release the hostages til after Reagan was elected by offering them a "better deal," incl weapons from #Israel - American weapons sent to Israel for its defense & then shipped by Israel to #Iran. A kind of weapons laundering scam.
A Four-Decade Secret: One Man’s Story of Sabotaging Carter’s Re-election https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/18/us/politics/jimmy-carter-october-surprise-iran-hostages.html?smid=nytcore-android-share