Question 2 • EAP-Virginia and US History B CR
The Reagan administration secretly sold arms to Iran in the 1980s partly to encourage Iran to help secure the release of American hostages held in Lebanon by groups connected to Iran. This arms-for-hostages arrangement became part of the Iran-Contra affair. The goal was not to oust Iran’s government or retaliate for the Marine barracks bombing.
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