'Reagan Doctrine' vowed support for anticommunist 'freedom fighters' (e.g. El Salvador, Nicaragua, Grenada, Afghanistan) scandal erupted when press reported in 1986 that the U.S. had illegally sold arms to Iran (in exchange for Iran's help in releasing hostages in Lebanon) and then funneled money to Nicaraguan rebels (contras)

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1. 'Reagan Doctrine' vowed support for anticommunist 'freedom fighters' (e.g. El Salvador, Nicaragua, Grenada, Afghanistan) scandal erupted when press reported in 1986 that the U.S. had illegally sold arms to Iran (in exchange for Iran's help in releasing hostages in Lebanon) and then funneled money to Nicaraguan rebels (contras)