Iran–Contra affair

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The Iran–Contra affair was a major 1980s U.S. political scandal in which senior officials secretly facilitated arms sales to Iran and diverted the proceeds to fund Contra rebels in Nicaragua, circumventing congressional restrictions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Cold War event ⓘ
United States political scandal ⓘ
political scandal ⓘ
cause Reagan administration support for Contras ⓘ
desire to free American hostages in Lebanon ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
describedBySource Tower Commission ⓘ
Walsh report ⓘ
endTime 1987 ⓘ
facetOf Nicaraguan Revolution ⓘ
Reagan administration ⓘ
United States foreign policy in Latin America ⓘ
United States–Iran relations ⓘ
follows Boland Amendment ⓘ
hasEffect Reagan administration scandal ⓘ
Tower Commission report ⓘ
Walsh investigation ⓘ
congressional investigations ⓘ
damage to Reagan administration credibility ⓘ
indictments of U.S. officials ⓘ
public controversy over executive power ⓘ
hasPart covert funding of the Contras ⓘ
secret arms sales to Iran ⓘ
location Iran ⓘ
Nicaragua ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ
mainSubject Contra rebels in Nicaragua ⓘ
arms sales to Iran ⓘ
mediaCoverage extensive U.S. news coverage ⓘ
pointInTime 1986 ⓘ
significantEvent 1987 congressional hearings ⓘ
November 1986 public revelation ⓘ
significantParticipant Caspar Weinberger ⓘ
Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ
Contras ⓘ
Elliott Abrams ⓘ
George H. W. Bush ⓘ
Iranian government ⓘ
linked to: Government of Iran

John Poindexter ⓘ
National Security Council ⓘ
Oliver North ⓘ
Robert McFarlane ⓘ
Ronald Reagan ⓘ
Sandinista government ⓘ
United States Congress ⓘ
William J. Casey ⓘ
startTime 1985 ⓘ
violates Boland Amendment ⓘ
U.S. congressional restrictions on Contra funding ⓘ

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Reagan Doctrine → hasEffect → Iran–Contra affair ⓘ
Reagan administration → scandal → Iran–Contra affair ⓘ
Office of Independent Counsel → notableCase → Iran-Contra investigation ⓘ
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Contra War → relatedTo → Iran–Contra affair ⓘ
Peter Kornbluh → areaOfFocus → Iran–Contra affair ⓘ
Nicaraguan Civil War → hasEffect → Iran–Contra affair ⓘ
Nicaraguan Civil War → relatedTo → Iran–Contra affair ⓘ
Oliver North → notableEvent → Iran–Contra affair ⓘ
Oliver North → participantIn → Iran–Contra affair ⓘ
John Poindexter → participantIn → Iran–Contra affair ⓘ
Robert McFarlane → notableEvent → Iran–Contra affair ⓘ
Robert McFarlane → legalCase → Iran–Contra prosecutions ⓘ
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American Made → subject → Iran–Contra affair ⓘ
House Select Committee to Investigate Covert Arms Transactions with Iran → seeAlso → Joint House–Senate Iran–Contra hearings ⓘ
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House Select Committee to Investigate Covert Arms Transactions with Iran → seeAlso → Iran–Contra report ⓘ
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Lawrence Walsh → notableWork → Iran-Contra investigation ⓘ
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Lawrence Walsh → involvedIn → Iran-Contra affair ⓘ
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Contras → fundingControversy → Iran–Contra affair ⓘ
Tower Commission report → subject → Iran–Contra affair ⓘ
Tower Commission report → finds → President Ronald Reagan was poorly served by his senior advisers in the Iran–Contra affair ⓘ
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Walsh investigation → subjectOf → Iran–Contra affair ⓘ
Walsh investigation → focus → Iran–Contra scandal ⓘ
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Boland Amendment → relatedToEvent → Iran–Contra affair ⓘ
Boland Amendment → legalContextFor → Iran–Contra affair ⓘ
Tower Commission → subjectOf → Iran–Contra affair ⓘ
Walsh report → subject → Iran–Contra affair ⓘ
Undue Process: A Story of How Political Differences Are Turned Into Crimes → mainSubject → Iran–Contra affair ⓘ
Undue Process: A Story of How Political Differences Are Turned Into Crimes → timePeriodCovered → Iran–Contra investigations era ⓘ
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Undue Process: A Story of How Political Differences Are Turned Into Crimes → relatedEvent → Iran–Contra scandal ⓘ
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The Iran-Contra Scandal: The Declassified History → subject → Iran-Contra affair ⓘ
linked to: Iran–Contra affair
The Iran-Contra Scandal: The Declassified History → relatedEvent → Iran-Contra affair ⓘ
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Malcolm Byrne → publicationTopic → Iran-Contra affair ⓘ
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Adolfo Calero → notableEvent → Iran–Contra affair ⓘ
Adolfo Calero → participatedIn → Iran–Contra affair congressional investigations ⓘ
linked to: Iran–Contra affair
United States–Nicaragua relations → historicalEvent → Iran–Contra affair involving U.S. covert support to Nicaraguan Contras ⓘ
linked to: Iran–Contra affair