Editing Jimmy Carter (section)

==== International trips ====
{{further|List of international presidential trips made by Jimmy Carter}}
[[File:US President Jimmy Carter Presidential Trips.PNG|thumb|upright=1.35|alt=Every country visited by Carter as president, highlighted in purple.|Countries visited by Carter during his presidency]]

Carter made twelve international trips to 25 countries as president.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/travels/president/carter-jimmy |title=Travels of President Jimmy Carter |work=U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian |access-date=September 1, 2021 |archive-date=December 31, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181231091716/https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/travels/president/carter-jimmy |url-status=live}}</ref> He was the first president to make a state visit to Sub-Saharan Africa when he went to Nigeria in 1978.<ref name="history.state.gov" /> He made several trips to the Middle East to broker peace negotiations. His visit to [[Pahlavi Iran|Iran]] from December 31, 1977, to January 1, 1978, took place less than a year before the overthrow of [[Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.realclearworld.com/lists/presidential_visits/carter_iran.html |title=Most Important Presidential Visits: No. 7 Jimmy Carter – Iran |website=realclearworld |access-date=May 24, 2016 |archive-date=June 1, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601144811/https://www.realclearworld.com/lists/presidential_visits/carter_iran.html |url-status=live}}</ref> 
Carter gave his "[[Island of Stability (speech)|Island of Stability]]" speech during this visit.