Guadeloupe conference

Jimmy Carter, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, Helmut Schmidt and James Callaghan in Guadeloupe island

Guadeloupe conference (Persian: کنفرانس گوآدلوپ‎‎) is the meeting which was held by the four Western powers: United States, United Kingdom, France and West Germany in Guadeloupe Island in the first days of January 1979. Their agenda was about the world issues, especially Middle East and the Iranian political crisis.

Participants and date of meeting

Within a month before Islamic revolution of Iran, the Guadeloupe conference was held by the four Western powers between 4 and 7 January 1979. The President of France Valéry Giscard d'Estaing hosted the meeting with the attendance of the President of United States, Jimmy Carter, Chancellor of West Germany, Helmut Schmidt, and United Kingdom Prime Minister, James Callaghan.[1][2]

Issues

The meeting concerned Iran's crisis political, the situation in Cambodia, the violence in South Africa, the increasing influence of the Soviet Union in the Persian Gulf, the coup of Afghanistan and situation in Turkey. One of the main issues was the crisis political in Iran as a result of the popular uprising against the Pahlavi dynasty. In this meeting, the assembled leaders reached the conclusion that there is no way to save Muhammad Reza Pahlavi, that he could no longer stay in power and that his stay would only cause civil war and Soviet intervention.[1][3][4][5][6][7]

Situation in Iran before conference

Some have claimed that the Guadeloupe conference played a role in victory of Iranian revolution since the conference was held one month before the success of Islamic Revolution in Iran. During this period, domestic protests was increasing and Pahlavi dynasty was faced with several problems. So, before the conference created collapse in the Shah regime and he decided left Iran. In the conference, Pahlavi foreign supporter decided to remove their support.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 William Shawcross (15 October 1989). The Shah's Last Ride. Simon and Schuster. p. 133. ISBN 978-0-671-68745-8.
  2. ↑ Robert D. Putnam, Nicholas Bayne (1984). Hanging Together: The Seven-power Summits. Harvard University Press. p. 109. ISBN 9780674372252.
  3. ↑ Babak Ganji (28 April 2006). Politics of Confrontation: The Foreign Policy of the USA and Revolutionary Iran. I.B.Tauris. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-85771-575-3.
  4. ↑ "House of Commons Statement, Guadeloupe Summit". Margaret Thatcher Foundation.
  5. ↑ Hosseini, Mir M. "Guadeloupe Conference On Iran". The Iranian History Article. www.fouman.com/.
  6. ↑ "Readout of the Guadalupe Conference". Islamic Revolution document center.
  7. ↑ "Unspoken Events of the 1979 Revolution".
  8. ↑ Mard, Muhammad Rad (3 January 1979). "From the Guadalupe Conference to Royal Cries". Islamic Revolution Document Center. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
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