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The Iran–Contra affair (Persian: ماجرای ایران-کنترا; Spanish: Caso Irán-Contra), also referred to as the Iran–Contra scandal, the Iran Initiative, or simply Iran–Contra, was a political scandal in the United States that centered around arms trafficking to Iran between 1981 to 1986, facilitated by senior officials of the Ronald Reagan administration.
The 'Brokers of Death' arms case (officially United States v. Samuel Evans et al [1] [2]) was a US criminal case in the 1980s relating to the attempted shipment of $2.5bn worth of US-made arms to Iran. The Los Angeles Times in 1986 described the case as "the largest arms conspiracy prosecution ever brought by the Justice Department". [3]
Contra Conspiracy (also known as Contra Control [citation needed] and Contra Company [1]) is a 1988 action film written and directed by Thomas Dewier which is now distributed by Troma Entertainment. The film was produced by City Lights .
Morrison gives official testimony claiming he shot Elena in self-defense. Meanwhile, Jones issues an official report to his superiors in French Intelligence revealing he had been trying to protect her. Finally, Alma uses all of the notes and information gathered by Elena to posthumously publish the story of the Iran–Contra affair.
Eugene H. Hasenfus (born January 22, 1941) [1] is a former United States Marine who helped fly weapons shipments on behalf of the U.S. government to the right wing rebel Contras in Nicaragua. The sole survivor after his plane was shot down by the Nicaraguan government in 1986, he was sentenced to 30 years in prison for terrorism and other ...
Albert A. Hakim (July 16, 1936 [1] - April 25, 2003) [2] [3] was an Iranian-American [4] [5] businessman and a figure in the Iran-Contra affair. [ 2 ] [ 6 ] Born into an Iranian Jewish family, [ 2 ] Hakim attended California Polytechnic Institute for three years, beginning in 1955.
Mockumentary; a right-wing politician, embroiled in the Iran–Contra affair, is the apparent target of an assassination The Bourne Identity: 2002 An amnesiac CIA assassin goes on the run from his superiors, who want to cover up their illegal activities The Boys from Brazil: 1978 Nazi fugitive Josef Mengele plots to use cloning to create the ...
The House October Surprise Task Force (formally Task Force of the Committee on Foreign Affairs to Investigate Certain Allegations Concerning the Holding of Americans as Hostages by Iran in 1980 [3]) was a task force instituted by the United States House of Representatives in 1992 to examine the 1980 October Surprise theory which theorized that, during the 1980 United States presidential ...