Question

Which of the following actions occurred during the Iran-Contra affair?

A) The Reagan administration secretly hired Iranian agents to fight against the contras.
B) The Reagan administration used earnings from weapons sales to Iran to illegally fund the contras.
C) The Reagan administration paid the contras to release Americans being held hostage in Iran.
D) The Reagan administration hired Lebanese agents to rescue Iranians being held by the contras.

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Answer 1

B) The Reagan administration used earnings from weapons sales to Iran to illegally fund the contras.

Answer 2

B) The Reagan administration used earnings from weapons sales to Iran to illegally fund the Contras.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Iran-Contra affair was a political scandal in the U.S. during the second term of the Reagan mandate. The administration pretended to sell weapons to Iran which was the subject of an arms embargo. And then fund the Contras in Nicaragua with the profits of the sale. This was prohibited by Congress under the Boland Amendment.

They wanted to fund the Contras because they were a group of anti-Sandinistas rebels who fought against the socialism held in that country.

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