Carter succeeded in freeing the Hostages. Carter's negotiations lead to the release of the hostages on the day Reagan was inaugurated. Iranians were deliberatively delaying the release because Carter was literally the the face of great Satan for them.

Either that, or Reagan made a deal with Khomeni to delay the release of the hostages.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_Surprise_conspiracy_th...

It’s an interesting theory but that article points out that the Senate did an investigation as well as many many news outlets in search of supporting evidence and none was ever found.

That’s not to say it didn’t happen, but it hasn’t been proven by any means.

The Iranians were likely eager to have the crisis end as well...they gained nothing while becoming a global pariah. They probably also understood that if they were to end the crisis by killing the hostages, Reagan would have authorized the use of nuclear weapons on Tehran.

> Reagan would have authorized the use of nuclear weapons on Tehran.

Before you say things like this maybe you should ask yourself something like "Is this my personal opinion I invented on the spot without any evidence."

> I think he had a bit of bad luck with the economy

That's pretty much the way it goes with every president, good or bad luck, even though very little is the result of a small four-year window - it started well before that.