print email comment close The Iran-Contra Affair URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reagan/peopleevents/pande08.html Description: Overview of this event in the mid-1980s that involved the investigation of the sale of weapons by the Reagan Administration to Iran in exchange for the release of U.S. hostages. Discusses the diversion of funds from arms sales to fund the Contra guerrilla organization in Nicaragua, the involvement of Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North, and speculation about awareness of the affair by Ronald Reagan. Includes photos. From a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) program on Reagan. Author: Wolf, Julie Publisher: PBS Online; WGBH Extra Keywords communism Iran Iraq War Lebanon arms-for-hostages LII Database Information: Record 22609 created by Jennifer English on 09/18/2006 Last modification on 09/18/2006 Published: 09/21/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/22609