Question

What were the Reagan administration’s motives in funding the sale of US TOW anti-tank missiles to the government of Iran?

Answer 1

Answer:

In the Iran-Contra affair, the Reagan administration secretly sold weapons to Iran to effect the release of American hostages held in Lebanon.

Money from the Iran weapons-sale then was used to fund the Contras, a group of guerrilla “freedom fighters” opposed to the Marxist government of Nicaragua.

Both the sale of arms to Iran and the military aid to the Contras were illegal, and Colonel Oliver North and others in the president’s administration were dismissed and charged with breaking the law.

The Iran-Contra affair

Issues of Central American communism and Middle Eastern terrorism combined in the Iran-Contra affair to cast a shadow over President Reagan’s second term in murdered civilians.

Explanation:

Answer 2

The Reagan administration allegedly supplied arms to Iran in the Iran-Contra affair to carry out the release of American hostages  imprisoned in Lebanon.

Explanation:

• The first phase of the events involved the exchange of weapons for hostages, in which Reagan officials sold anti-tank missiles to Iran. Iran was working to release American hostages from Lebanon in return.
• Reagan officials from Administration, including colonel Oliver North, then utilised the missile sales money to finance America's military support for the anti-communist guerrillas Contras in Nicaragua that fought against the Marxist govt.