Iran–Contra affair

Iranian politician (1934–2017)

CIA director, U.S. Secretary of Defense, and university president

The arms scandal about secret deal between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States in 1980s

The Contras (from ) were the anti-communist right-wing rebels who waged a guerrilla war against the Marxist Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) and the Junta of National Reconstruction, which came to power after the Nicaraguan Revolution in 1979. The insurgency against the Sandinista government lasted from 1979 until 1990, and was one of the highest profile conflicts of the Cold War.

American politician (1917-2006)

American political commentator

American politician (1913–1987)

politician

retired American naval officer and Department of Defense official

American Marine Corps officer and National Security Advisor (1937–2022)

legal case

Israeli diplomat and spy (1928-2010)

Canadian poet and academic

kidnapping in Lebanon of 104 foreign hostages between 1982 and 1992

Syrian arms dealer

Iranian arms trader

American historian and foreign policy analyst

Israeli journalist

American diplomat and lobbyist

CIA operations officer (1932-2016)

U.S. legislative amendments aimed at limiting federal assistance to Nicaraguan Contras

United States Air Force general (1932–2024)

American spy (1927–2002)

a United States presidential commission established on December 1, 1986

American politician