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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]
The United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate formed committees in January 1987 to investigate the Iran–Contra affair. The committees held joint hearings and issued a joint report. The hearings ran from 5 May 1987 to 6 August 1987, and the report was published in November, with a dissenting Minority Report signed by ...
The Iran–Contra affair was a political scandal in the United States that came to light in November 1986. During the Reagan administration, senior administration officials secretly facilitated the sale of arms to Iran, the subject of an arms embargo. [1]
Between 1981 and 1986, the US was secretly facilitating the sale of arms to Iran, in direct contradiction of Operation Staunch. Known as the Iran–Contra affair , it proved humiliating for the United States when the story first broke in November 1986 that the US itself was selling arms to Iran.
It investigated the Iran–Contra affair, [5] and he interrogated witnesses such as Oliver North. In 1999, he represented Webster Hubbell, who pled guilty to charges of fraud and income tax evasion. He was co-chair of white-collar defense practice at the Howrey firm. In 2012, he was of counsel at Covington and Burling [3] in Washington, D.C.
Daniel K. Webb (born September 5, 1945) is an American lawyer and public official. He is the co-executive chairman of the international law firm of Winston & Strawn.He is a former United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois and previously served as the Special Counsel in the Iran-Contra affair.
This is a list of people, places, and organizations that have been linked to the Iran–Contra affair (1985-1987). Pages in category "Iran–Contra affair" The following 71 pages are in this category, out of 71 total.