Iran–Contra affair

August 20, 1985 – March 4, 1987 · Washington, D.C.

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Iran–Contra affair

Scandal in which Reagan administration officials secretly sold arms to Iran, against an embargo, and used the money to fund the Nicaraguan Contras, against a ban by Congress.

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