Iran–Contra affair
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The Iran–Contra affair or the Iran–Contra scandal, was a political scandal in the United States that occurred during the second term of the Reagan Administration. Senior administration officials secretly facilitated the sale of arms to Iran, which was the subject of an arms embargo.
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See also
- Timeline of the Iran–Contra affair
- Brokers of Death arms case
- CIA involvement in Contra cocaine trafficking
- Congressional committees investigating the Iran–Contra affair
- Eugene Hasenfus – alleged to be employed by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
- Iran–United States relations
- List of federal political scandals in the United States
- William Northrop
- October Surprise conspiracy theory
- Operation Tipped Kettle (transfer of PLO weapons seized by Israel in Lebanon to the Contras)
- United States and state-sponsored terrorism
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