Word: iranian
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Israel's Foreign Ministry, traveled to Washington to discuss the idea with McFarlane, then National Security Adviser, and North. McFarlane was in the mood to listen: though details are sketchy, the White House privately credited Iran with helping win the release *Khashoggi has denied any involvement in the Iranian arms affair...
...late August, Israel sent a planeload of arms to Iran. The cargo consisted mostly of Soviet-made weapons that the Israelis had captured in Lebanon. Though the plane landed safely at Tehran's Mehrabad airport, the arms never got to the Iranian army. They were seized by members of the vehemently anti- Western Revolutionary Guards...
...decided to one-up the mullah by showing that he had sufficient influence to win freedom for an American hostage. "It is clear that the Americans did not understand who they were dealing with," says one knowledgeable dissident. "It seems they thought they were still dealing with one Iranian government, just as they did under the Shah...
...October, John Poindexter, McFarlane's deputy, secretly met with Iranian representatives. Some contend the meeting took place in Geneva; others say Washington. Then, in November, a ship loaded with parts for American-made F-4 jets and helicopters sailed from northern Italy to Israel. The cargo was transferred to a plane carrying Israeli-supplied Hawk antiaircraft missiles for shipment to Iran. The plane was provided by Southern Air Transport, formerly a CIA proprietary airline. CIA Director William Casey told Congressmen two weeks ago that he had approved the use of the plane but thought that the cargo would...
...fall of 1985 Iran was presumably making payments to Israel through the Swiss bank accounts set up to handle Israeli-Iranian arms sales in the early 1980s. At the same time, Israel was demanding that the U.S. replace the items that had been taken from Israeli stockpiles and sold to the Iranians. But Washington reportedly grew suspicious about the finances. In asking for fresh weapons, Israeli officials claimed that they could not pay full price, but Washington suspected that Iran was paying the Israeli dealers far more than the arms were actually worth. The U.S. urged Israeli officials to drop...