# Talk:Iran–Contra affair

Shouldn't there be some mention of Reagan interfering with Carter's negotiations to bring hostages back? It has always been rumored, but now seems pretty well proven, that Reagan promised arms to the Iranians in exchange for their keeping the hostages up through his inauguration day, which was the genesis of the Iran Contra Affair.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:243:C902:6900:40AC:CB53:F7A9:858A (talk) 15:58, 17 January 2025 (UTC) 

The October Surprise theory is linked in the article. Rja13ww33 (talk) 18:01, 17 January 2025 (UTC)
Ted Turner filmed two plane loads of Cocaine arriving in Florida with GW Bush standing by! 
Also why was John  Kerry never implicated.  He was headlined in Costa Rica newspapers being at the heart if the arms and drugs ON John Hulls farm! 201.191.195.92 (talk) 19:42, 20 April 2022 (UTC)

there's a whole lot of Iran-Contra this article ignores, it's funny how it states the proceeds "funded" the Contra, with no mention of what the money was paying for (cocaine to produce crack) or where it was going (US inner cities) 2600:4040:7CD4:AE00:2FA2:CC88:3BE:A31B (talk) 07:56, 26 April 2023 (UTC)
One can infer from your comment that you think the diverted funds from the arms sales to Iran were used by the Contras to purchase blow. Now that is funny! Were they going to get the Sandinistas high, then take their weapons? Seriously, the allegations that the CIA was helping to raise funds for the Contras via drug trafficking has been reviewed/refuted in various places:
The CIA-Contra-Crack Cocaine Controversy: A Review of the Justice Department's Investigations and Prosecutions. Washington, D.C.: United States Department of Justice, Office of the Inspector General. December 1997.
Report of Investigation Concerning Allegations of Connections Between CIA and The Contras in Cocaine Trafficking to the United States. Vol. I: The California Story. Central Intelligence Agency, Office of Inspector General, Investigations Staff. January 29, 1998.
Report of Investigation Concerning Allegations of Connections Between CIA and The Contras in Cocaine Trafficking to the United States. Vol. II: The Contra Story. Central Intelligence Agency, Office of Inspector General, Investigations Staff. January 29, 1998.
Select Committee on Intelligence, United States Senate (1997). "Hearings Before the Select Committee on Intelligence of the United States Senate" (pdf). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. ISBN 0160551307.
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, United States House of Representatives (February 2000). "Report on the Central Intelligence Agency's Alleged Involvement in Crack Cocaine Trafficking in the Los Angeles Area" (pdf). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. ISBN 0160604265.
Happy reading! -Location (talk) 16:37, 26 April 2023 (UTC)
Having actively followed the Iran Contra Affair while it happened, I remember there being a large component in the articles about the sale drugs being used to generate a lot of the money, (no they weren't selling the drugs to the Sandinistas but to our kids!!!) and this was a thing the generated a lot of the outrage. Even if it was eventually proven false, it should be mentioned in the article, because it would be an example of disinformation being used by those who wished to expose Iran-Contral in order to make it more relevant to public so they would complain to their elected officials more vociferously. 2603:8080:4300:1802:30B9:59A8:1CD3:A65E (talk) 00:46, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

The translation of the title into farsi and Spanish is not called for by wikipedia conventions. It would be better to put the pages themselves https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ir%C3%A1n-Contra in the links at bottom maybe, but I don't know how Wikipedia regards the process for developing or linking across languages. 2604:2D80:D682:4300:D8F:F6C0:85F3:327F (talk) 15:36, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

Should be called a conspiracy. Per WP's definition of a Conspiracy, I think this should be included in the first paragraph. It sums up what the Iran contra affair is about. Bunch of people doing illegal things in secret. 2600:100F:A110:AB7:8852:675C:B532:1DF3 (talk) 12:45, 29 March 2024 (UTC)

We call it what RS calls it. Most call it "scandal". Rja13ww33 (talk) 17:44, 29 March 2024 (UTC)
Shouldn't it be both/either? The scandal is about the conspiracy. NingNonger (talk) 23:41, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

This is the first "Good Article" I've seen on Wikipedia that has an "original research" tag in the lede. Per$1$tenceofv1$1on (talk) 14:57, 16 June 2024 (UTC)

I don't see that tag.Rja13ww33 (talk) 17:59, 17 January 2025 (UTC)

"In the spring of 1983, the U.S. launched Operation Staunch, a wide-ranging diplomatic effort to persuade other nations all over the world not to sell arms or spare parts for weapons to Iran. This was at least part of the reason the Iran–Contra affair proved so humiliating for the U.S. when the story first broke in November 1986 that the U.S. itself was selling arms to Iran."
There are a few points where the information is presented subjectively in a way that you usually would not find on Wiki. I don't really have the knowledge of certain procedures and expectations on Wiki, I could be completely off-base, but I was surprised to see Good Article status here because of the subjective tone. Maybe it just needs a little cleaning up? 74.131.77.65 (talk) 16:57, 18 June 2025 (UTC)