How was Nicaragua involved in the Iran-Contra affair?

The Iran-Contra affair involved secretly selling U.S. weapons to Iran and using some of the proceeds to support the Contra rebels fighting Nicaragua’s Sandinista government. Thus, Contra forces received money from the missile sales. Nicaragua did not hold the American hostages, and the Contras did not overthrow the Sandinistas in this affair.

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