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What happened in 1979 in Iran that changed the country's government?
In 1979, the shah of Iran was overthrown. Shortly thereafter the Iranian Hostage Crisis occurred in which foreigners, including Americans, were held for over a year before being released as Ronald Reagan was being sworn in as president.
What nation stepped in to help end the Iranian hostage crisis?
Original answer - The Americans with the help of the Canadians.New answer - After the election of Ronald Reagan in November, Algeria stepped in to offer a peaceful settlement of the crisis. An agreement was reached where the fifty-two American hostages would be released in exchange for the United States promising to release billions of dollars in seized financial holdings belonging to Iran. The deal was consummated and the hostages released just minutes after Reagan's inauguration.
What nation stepped in to help mediate an end to the Iranian hostage crisis?
Algeria
When Congress blocked President Reagan's efforts to help opponents of the leftist Sandinista government in Nicaragua what happened?
Members of the Reagan Administration (Oliver North) participated in illegal activities including smuggling narcotics and selling weapons to Iran in order to finance illegal support for the Nicaraguan Contras.
Nuclear reactors to help with the energy crisis?
Yes, if there is a crisis.
What is the definition of crisis planning?
Planning for a crisis. Glad I could help.
What crisis do to help?
crisis can do that to give me them house, food, and jobs etc
What hostages did President Ronald Reagan free?
The ones the Iranian revolutionaries took in late 1979, and they still need to impeach Reagan over how that went down. I know he's dead. Impeach him anyway. In October 1980, Reagan sent his running mate, George H.W. Bush (the other one was still bankrupting oil companies at the time) to Iran with a deal: hold the hostages until I am inaugurated president, and I will help you in your border conflict with Iraq. This they did, and in repayment Reagan sold a lot of antitank and antiaircraft missiles to the Ayatollah.
How did the US help Iran?
They supported the shah
Why did some traditionally Democratic groups help elect Ronald Reagan president in 1980?
Reagan promised to ease their tax burden.
Why was Reagan investigated for funding rebels and Obama not?
These are two very different situations, if I understand your question. You may be referring to President Obama agreeing to help the rebels in Syria; but many members of congress, led by Senator McCain, were very insistent that the US government should help, and the president agreed. This is very different from the secret deals which President Reagan made, including trading arms with Iran in order to funnel money to the Contras in Nicaragua: he helped the Contras even after congress said he should not. There is no evidence President Obama has made secret deals with Iran or anyone else, and he has not gone behind the back of congress.
What was the Iran- Contra Scandal?
Basically, when Reagan was president, he allowed the US to trade weapons to Iran in exchange for six US hostages who were being held. This was a problem because Reagan did this in secret and didn't have the authority to do it. After everyone found out what happened, Reagan flip-flopped for a while about whether or not he should claim that he knew what was going on. Then, when investigators tried to figure out exactly what had happened, it was discovered that Reagan's administration had withheld and destroyed evidence regarding the scandal. That's the short and sweet summary. (: If you have some time to waste or need more information, here's a more complete description of what happened. The original plan was to ship weapons to more moderate, influential political groups in Iran, and then the US would resupply Israel and receive payment. In return, the Iranian political groups promised to do everything they could to free six US hostages. Modifications to this plan were made by Oliver North of the National Security Council in 1985; the new plan involved a portion of the proceeds from the weapons sale being diverted to fund anti-Sandinista and anti-communist rebels, or Contras, in Nicaragua. Basically, they claimed this change was "in the name of democracy". Reagan supported the "Contra cause", but no real evidence has been found showing that he authorized this change. After the weapons sales were revealed (in 1986), Reagan claimed that the exchange had occurred, but that the arms were not exchanged for the hostages. Later, he denied this and said that he had no recollection of doing so, although no one really knows exactly what Reagan knew or when. Both the House and the Senate created Iran-Contra Investigations committees to look into the circumstances surrounding the scandal. The committees found several legal violations; Reagan failed to report the first arms sale and authorized them through Israeli mediators and "oral findings" which were not authorized by intelligence oversight requirements. Reagan and members of his administration signed several other findings authorizing the sale of weapons to Iran but later denied or destroyed this evidence. No investigations uncovered evidence that Reagan himself knew the extent of the dealings with Iran. But in the end, fourteen administration officials were indicted. Eleven convictions resulted, some of which were vacated on appeal. The rest of those indicted or convicted were all pardoned in the final days of the George H. W. Bush presidency. :P So..... that's pretty much it. Did that help?
