Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana November 4, 1979, 52 vamiriri veAmerica uye vagari vakabatwa nhapwa neboka revadzidzi veIran muU.S. Embassy yeTehran. Mushure mekurega basa kwaCyrus Vance kwakasiya mukaha muhurukuro dzevapambi, Muskie akakumbira kuUnited Nations (U.N.) nehurumende yeIran kuti isunungure vapambi pasina kubudirira. Atova nemwedzi mitanhatu munhamo yavatapwa, akamanikidzwa kusvika pamhinduro yorusununguko. Asati atora nzvimbo yacho, kuedza kununura kweDelta Force kunonzi Operation Eagle Claw kwakaguma norufu rwemauto akawanda, kuchisiya kupindira kwemauto nzira inonzwisisika yokuita nokuda kwevanhu veAmerica. Akasimbisa ukama hwehukama nehurumende yeIran uye akaedza kuti vasungwa vasunungurwe asi pakutanga havana kubudirira. Pana January 15, sezvo Muskie akanga achibhururuka kuti ataure kuSeneti yeMaine muAugusta, Mutungamiri Carter akamudana sezvo ndege yake yakanga ichidzika paAndrews Air Force Base. Carter akamunyevera kuti pakanga pane kubudirira kunobvira munhaurirano dzaitungamirirwa nomutevedzeri wake munyori Warren Christopher. Pashure pokunge kutaurirana kwakundikana, Muskie akarayira Dhipatimendi reHurumende kuti rirambe richitsvaka chibvumirano chokusunungurwa kwevabatwa. Musi waJanuary 20<unk>zuva rokugadzwa kwaRonald Reagan
Vanhu makumi mashanu navaviri vakaiswa mumaoko ehurumende yeU.S., chisarudzo chakanga chakanzvenga Muskie nehurumende yose yaCarter kwamazuva 444 uye chakabetsera kukundwa kwaCarter.