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Iran–Contra affair

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The Iran-Contra affair (Persian: ماجرای ایران-کنترا; Spanish: Caso Irán-Contra), often referred to as the Iran-Contra scandal, or simply Iran-Contra, 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 sale of arms to Iran, which was the subject of an arms embargo. The administration hoped to use the proceeds of the arms sale to fund the Contras, a right-wing rebel group, in Nicaragua. Under the Boland Amendment, further funding of the Contras by government appropriations had been prohibited by Congress, but the loophole was to use non-appropriated funds.

Iran–Contra affair - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 1985–1987 political scandal in the U.S. Iran–Contra affair Part of the Iran–Iraq War and the end of the Cold War Reagan (on the far right) meets with (left to right) Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger , Secretary of State George Shultz , Attorney General Ed Meese , and Chief of Staff Donald Regan in the Oval Office . Date 20 August 1985 ( 1985-08-20 ) – 4 March 1987 ( 1987-03-04 ) Also known as Iran–Contra scandal, Iran Initiative, Iran–Contra Participants Reagan administration , particularly Robert McFarl

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