CLEP US History II

Answer: C - Despite an arms embargo against Iran, members of President Ronald Reagan’s administration sold weapons to Iran in 1985, so that they could fund anti-Communist, anti-Sandinista rebels in Nicaragua. Funding the rebels in Nicaragua was prohibited by legislation called the Boland Amendment, which was why the administration felt compelled to seek funds under the table. Though numerous officials who were involved in the scandal testified that President Reagan was keenly aware of their actions and personally authorized many of them, the degree of his complicity remains officially unknown as far as the judicial record of Iran-Contra is concerned. Thirteen members of Reagan’s administration were charged for their roles in the scandal.