Question

What was the link between the political situations in Iran and Nicaragua during the mid-1980s? US hostages taken by Nicaragua were set free after Iran funded their release. The US government sent money to both countries to support radical regimes. Profits from the arms sold to Iran were used to fund the Contras in Nicaragua. Both countries fought the USSR with weapons supplied by the United States.

Answer 1

Answer: the correct answer is profits from the arms sold to Iran were used to fund Contras in Nicaragua.

Explanation: the Iran–Contra affair ‎, popularised in Iran as the McFarlane affair, also called Irangate, Contragate, the Iran–Contra scandal, or simply Iran-Contra, was a political scandal in the United States that occurred during the second term of the Reagan Administration. Senior administration officials secretly cleared the way to the sale of arms to Iran, which had an arms embargo. The administration expected to use the money of the arms sale to fund the Contras in Nicaragua.

Answer 2

The link between the Political situation in Iran and Nicaragua was that Profits from the arms sold to Iran were used to fund the Contras in Nicaragua.

What was the Contras arms deal?

This was a period between the year 1981 and 1986 where senior government officials were said to have sold arms to the Iran government.

The money that was made from the sale of these arms was what was used to fund the Contras.

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