What was the link between the political situations in Iran and Nicaragua during the mid-1980s? US hostages taken by Nicaragua we
re 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: 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.
