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Irancontraaffair

209 events in this timeline

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  1. 1979-11-04 November 4, 1979-January 20, 1981: 52 American Hostages Captured in Tehran, Held for 444 Days
  2. 1981-01-20 January 20, 1981: Reagan Sworn in as President; US Hostages in Iran Released Hours Later
  3. 1981-01-28 January 28, 1981: Reagan Officials Planning to Sell Arms to Iran
  4. 1982-06-16 After June 16, 1982: Arrest of ‘Rogue’ Agent Leads US to Divert Blame for Terrorist Acts from Iran to Libya
  5. 1982-07-06 July 6, 1982: President Reagan Agrees to Send US Marines to Lebanon
  6. 1983-03-17 March 17, 1983: Bush’s Foreign Policy Adviser, Ex-CIA Agent Create Plan to Supply Nicaraguan Contras
  7. 1983-08-15 August 15, 1983: GeoMiliTech formed; Begins Selling Arms to Iran
  8. 1983-12-15 December 15, 1983: ’Operation Staunch’ Discourages Other Nations from Selling Weapons to Iran
  9. 1983-12-20 December 20, 1983: Rumsfeld Meets with Hussein, Promises US Support
  10. 1984-01-20 January 20, 1984: State Department Designates Iran as Terrorism Sponsor
  11. 1984-03-03 March 3, 1984: CIA Station Chief in Beirut Kidnapped; Will Die in Captivity
  12. 1984-05-08 May 8, 1984: American Pastor Kidnapped by Hezbollah
  13. 1984-05-09 May 9, 1984: Reagan Publicly Says US Must Help Contra ‘Freedom Fighters’
  14. 1984-08-31 August 31, 1984: National Security Adviser McFarlane Wants Government to Reassess Policy Towards Iran
  15. 1984-10-10 October 10, 1984: Second Boland Amendment Outlaws CIA, Defense Department, or Third-Party Funding of Contras
  16. 1984-12-03 December 3, 1984: US Professor Kidnapped in Beirut
  17. 1984-12-14 December 14, 1984: Deputy Intelligence Director Recommends US Air Strikes against Nicaraguan Military Targets
  18. 1984-12-21 December 21, 1984: Bush’s Foreign Policy Adviser Introduces North to Contra Liaison
  19. 1985-01-08 January 8, 1985: Second American Pastor Kidnapped in Beirut
  20. 1985-03-16 March 16, 1985: Associated Press Reporter Captured by Hezbollah, Held for Seven Years
  21. 1985-04-09 April 9, 1985: NSC Staffer Warns Boss that Neoconservative Consultant a Risk for Passing Information to Israel
  22. 1985-04-19 April 19, 1985 and After: Prominent Neoconservative Becomes Influential State Department Official
  23. 1985-05-03 May 3, 1985: Neoconservative NSC Consultant Tells Israel that US Supports Arms Sales to Iran
  24. 1985-05-28 May 28, 1985: American Hospital Administrator Kidnapped
  25. 1985-06-06 June 6, 1985: Congress Gives Contras $38 Million in Non-Military Aid
  26. 1985-06-06 June 6, 1985: Secretary of State: Plan to Involve Israel in Hostage Negotiations Unreliable
  27. 1985-06-09 June 9, 1985: Another American University Staffer Kidnapped
  28. 1985-06-11 June 11, 1985: NSC Advocates US Arms Sales to Iran
  29. 1985-06-14 June 14-30, 1985: TWA Flight 847 Hijacked; US Naval Diver Murdered
  30. 1985-06-21 June 21, 1985: North Loans Secretary Money from Illegal Contra Funds
  31. 1985-07-03 July 3, 1985: Israel Offers to Facilitate Hostage Release; Arms-for-Hostage Deal In Place
  32. 1985-07-08 July 8, 1985: Reagan Compares Iran to ‘Murder Incorporated’ While White House Prepares to Sell Arms to Iran
  33. 1985-07-18 July 18, 1985: Reagan Authorizes Meeting with Iranian Arms Dealer Ghorbanifar
  34. 1985-07-25 July 25, 1985: Israel Meets with Iranian Arms Merchant to Finalize US-Iran Arms Deals
  35. 1985-08-06 August 6, 1985: Iran Sets Terms for Arms-for-Hostages Deal
  36. 1985-08-20 August 20, 1985: Israel Sends Arms to Iran
  37. 1985-09-04 September 4, 1985: State Department Official Learns of North’s Illegal Funding of Contras, Tasked to ‘Monitor’ North
  38. 1985-09-15 September 15, 1985: First Arms-for-Hostage Deal with Iran Completed
  39. 1985-10-30 October 30, 1985: 500 More Anti-Tank Missiles Shipped to Iran
  40. 1985-11-17 November 17, 1985: Oliver North Put in Charge of Missile Shipment to Iran
  41. 1985-11-19 November 19, 1985: Retired General Secord Sets up Contra Supply Operation
  42. 1985-11-24 November 24-25, 1985: CIA Sends Anti-Aircraft Missiles from Israel to Iran
  43. 1985-12-04 December 4, 1985: National Security Adviser McFarlane Resigns
  44. 1985-12-05 December 5, 1985: Reagan Retroactively Authorizes Secret Missile Sales to Iran
  45. 1985-12-06 December 6, 1985: North: Arms Profits Will Go to Fund Contras
  46. 1985-12-06 December 6, 1985: Reagan Ignores Warning that Iran Arms Deals Are Illegal
  47. 1985-12-07 December 7, 1985: Top White House Officials Meet to Discuss Iran Arms Sales
  48. 1985-12-08 December 8, 1985: US Officials Meet with Iranian Arms Merchant, Israeli Officials; Arms Deals Are Ending, US Officials Say
  49. 1985-12-12 December 12, 1985: Plane Crash in Canada Kills 256; Evidence Suggests Links to Iran-Contra and BCCI Covert Operations
  50. 1986-01-07 January 7, 1986: US Plans Further Arms Sales to Iran