Under the administration term of Ronald Reagan, the 40th President of the United States of America, the Contra rebels in Nicaragua were supported by secretly selling weapons to Iran in order to raise funds.
How were the Contra rebels supported?
During the 1980s, the Congress had cut the funding for the military aid. The Contra rebels who were present in Nicaragua at this time were under financial crisis during this time.
In order to fund them, President Reagan allowed a secretive route of sale of weapons by the Contra rebels to Iran.
Hence, option A; secretive sale of weapons to Iran was carried out by President Reagan in order to provide support to the Contra rebels in Nicaragua.
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