Iran–Contra affair
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iran-contra-affair-186-10908542
title:
Iran–Contra affair
text:
The Iran–Contra affair, often referred to as the Iran–Contra scandal and more rarely as the Iran Initiative, was a political scandal in the United States that occurred during the second term of the Reagan administration. Between 1981 and 1986, senior administration officials secretly facilitated the illegal sale of arms to Iran, which was subject to an arms embargo at the time. The administration hoped to use the proceeds of the arms sale to fund the Contras, an anti-Sandinista rebel group in Ni
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
1985–1987 political scandal in the U.S.
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Contra_affair
date created:
2001-11-19T15:38:31Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T05:36:46Z
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