b) Arms to Iran

In the Iran-Contra Affair, arms were illegally sold to Iran to fund the Contras, a rebel group in Nicaragua. This secret arrangement in the 1980s was contrary to an arms embargo and bypassed Congress. The funds from the arms sales were used to support the Contras, who were fighting the Sandinista government in Nicaragua. The scandal highlighted issues of governmental overreach and the complexities of foreign policy during the Cold War.