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Iran-Contra Affair

Elliott Abrams, now the US special representative for Venezuela, testifies at a hearing before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Feb. 13, 2019. The hearing featured a testy exchange between Abrams and Rep. Ilhan Omar. (Alex Wong/Getty Images via JTA)
February 15, 2019, 8:14 am
Who is Elliott Abrams and why is Ilhan Omar attacking him?
The Trump administration’s new envoy to the Venezuela crisis is a controversial former diplomat whose influence is woven throughout Republican foreign policy
By Ron Kampeas
Elliott Abrams (L) listens to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo talk about Venezuela at the State Department in Washington, on Jan. 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
January 26, 2019, 4:53 am
Pompeo taps hawkish GOP veteran to lead US efforts in Venezuela
Top US diplomat says Elliott Abrams, who was initially passed over by the administration due to criticism of Trump, will assist in ‘restoring democracy’ to Latin American country
By Agencies and ToI Staff
In this May 4, 2018 photo, former US Marine Lt. Col. Oliver North speaks before giving the Invocation at the National Rifle Association-Institute for Legislative Action Leadership Forum in Dallas. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
May 8, 2018, 12:55 am
Oliver North, central figure in Iran-Contra scandal, named NRA president
North is known for his role in secret sale of weapons to Iran in 1980s, proceeds of which went to anti-communist rebels in Nicaragua
By LISA MARIE PANE
In this Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017 file photo, a portrait of US President Donald Trump is set on fire by Iranian mourners during the state funeral of Mohsen Hojaji, a young Revolutionary Guard soldier beheaded by the Islamic State group in Syria, in Tehran, Iran. (AP/Ebrahim Noroozi)
October 14, 2017, 7:21 pm
Coup, revolution and mistrust: Key moments in Iran-US relations
From the 1953 coup to the 2015 nuclear deal, Tehran-Washington ties have been marred by decades of bitterness and recrimination
By Jon Gambrell
In this photo taken Nov. 9, 2011, former Secretary of State Colin Powell speaks in New York. (AP Photo/Eric Reichbaum)
September 17, 2016, 2:19 am
Israel, US mum on Powell’s assessment that Israel has 200 nukes
After leak of email in which he gauges size of Jewish state’s alleged atomic arsenal, former secretary of state stresses it was sent 10 years after he left office
By Judah Ari Gross and AP
Former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and former US secretary of state Colin Powell speaks at the State Department in Washington, September 3, 2014. (Carolyn Kaster/AP)
September 15, 2016, 10:09 pm
In leaked emails, Colin Powell says Israel has 200 nukes
While discussing Iran nuclear deal, former secretary of state apparently reveals extent of Jewish state’s alleged atomic arsenal
By Judah Ari Gross
Amiram Nir, in 1985, with his wife Judy Mozes (Photo credit: Moshe Shai/ Flash 90)
May 31, 2014, 4:09 pm
Israeli counterterror chief’s son blames US for his 1988 assassination
25 years after Amiram Nir died in mysterious plane crash amid Iran-Contra scandal, his son Nimrod points finger at Washington
By ToI Staff
Hasan Rouhani, center, poses before a large portrait of the late Iranian revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, the day after being elected Iran's president, on June 15, 2013 (AP/Ebrahim Noroozi)
September 30, 2013, 7:19 pm
When Rouhani unwittingly told an Israeli agent how to deal with Iran
At the height of the Iran-Iraq War, the man who is now Iran’s president met with Peres adviser Amiram Nir, who was posing as an American envoy, and advised him to bully Ayatollah Khomeini if he wanted concessions
By Mitch Ginsburg
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