https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Contra_affairThe Iran–Contra affair (Persian: ?????? ?????-?????, Spanish: Caso Irán–Contra), often referred to as the Iran–Contra scandal, the McFarlane affair (in Iran),[1] 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.[2] 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 the government had been prohibited by Congress.
As reported in The New York Times in 1991, "continuing allegations that Reagan campaign officials made a deal with the Iranian Government of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in the fall of 1980" led to "limited investigations." However "limited," those investigations established that "Soon after taking office in 1981, the Reagan Administration secretly and abruptly changed United States policy." Secret Israeli arms sales and shipments to Iran began in that year, even as, in public, "the Reagan Administration" presented a different face, and "aggressively promoted a public campaign... to stop worldwide transfers of military goods to Iran." The New York Times explains: "Iran at that time was in dire need of arms and spare parts for its American-made arsenal to defend itself against Iraq, which had attacked it in September 1980," while "Israel [a U.S. ally] was interested in keeping the war between Iran and Iraq going to ensure that these two potential enemies remained preoccupied with each other." Maj. Gen. Avraham Tamir, a high-ranking Israeli Defense Ministry official in 1981, said there was an "oral agreement" to allow the sale of "spare parts" to Iran. This was based on an "understanding" with Secretary Alexander Haig (which a Haig adviser denied). This account was confirmed by a former senior American diplomat with a few modifications. The diplomat claimed that "[Ariel] Sharon violated it, and Haig backed away...". A former "high-level" CIA official who saw reports of arms sales to Iran by Israel in the early 1980s estimated that the total was about $2 billion a year – but also said, "The degree to which it was sanctioned I don't know."[28]
The following arms were supplied to Iran:[39][43]
First arms sales in 1981 (see above)
20 August 1985 – 86 TOW anti-tank missiles[contradictory]
14 September 1985 – 408 more TOWs
24 November 1985 – 18 Hawk anti-aircraft missiles
17 February 1986 – 500 TOWs
27 February 1986 – 500 TOWs
24 May 1986 – 508 TOWs, 240 Hawk spare parts
4 August 1986 – More Hawk spares
28 October 1986 – 500 TOWs
老图，伊朗门这件事情的远大信念是：1)政府希望利用出售武器的收益资助尼加拉瓜的右翼反叛组织反对派， 在美洲做搅屎棍。2) 给两伊放血 3）巩固和以色列的关系，
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: 外网上不去，不然把wiki的词条贴出来是比较权威的。
: 不过，普通人理解政治这种宏大的东西，不能过于陷入细节，不见森林。因为普通人根本没能力搞清楚真实的细节，以及细节的来龙去脉。
: 对普通人来说，把大历史的下是是非非，还原为大历史尺度下的观察结论，是最靠谱的。大历史尺度之下，美国给伊拉克带来的是文明和进步；在世界很多其他地方，也是如此。
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