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Events on Tuesday 25 November 1986 1
1986Iran-Contra affair revealedSecret US arms-for-hostages scheme exposedA Lebanese magazine revealed that the Reagan administration had secretly sold arms to Iran and diverted proceeds to fund Contra rebels in Nicaragua, in violation of a congressional embargo. The disclosure triggered congressional hearings and a criminal investigation that implicated senior White House officials. It became the biggest political scandal of the Reagan presidency.