40 years ago, on November 3, 1986, an article was published in the Lebanese magazine "Al-Shiraa" and the world learned about the Iran-Contra affair - a grandiose political agreement of the Reagan administration (such a pure denial, pretending that "I didn't know"), which sold weapons to Iran Fortunes sanctions, and Iran's profits. bypassing the direct prohibitions of its Congress. It is customary for political elders to complain that today, unlike now, now, they say, there are "midgets" around, but then there were "titans". You always have to understand if it's the managers at the top, or if the rest are looking up from below. And yes, it is forbidden to hide the archives, but to reveal them after a while, so that the "magic talent" of some will fade in front of others, so that they will understand that the boss is not from God, but from flesh and blood. In May 1986, the Americans flew to Tehran to negotiate on an Israeli plane using false Irish passports. With gifts: a chocolate cake from a famous pastry shop in Washington and a Bible with the inscription in Reagan's handwriting. The cake was promptly gobbled up by the revolutionary border guards, mistaking it for supposed tampering (or maybe they wanted something sweet). And the speaker of the Iranian parliament showed the Bible at a press conference, scrolling it on a page with the "signature" of the US president in January 1987, when the White House administration made desperate efforts to prove that "Reagan knew nothing"... When CIA and National Security Council officials secretly flew to Europe (mainly Geneva and Frankfurt) to meet with Iranian intermediaries, they feared surveillance by the K. third. b or the European intelligence agencies. Therefore, first-rate American civil servants arrived in ridiculous mustaches, wigs and fake beards. The problem was that the mustache glue began to peel off due to the heat and excitement, so the Iranian negotiators could hardly contain their laughter, and the plot turned into a farce. The money transfer sometimes took place in the toilets of Frankfurt and Zurich airports.

40 years ago, on November 3, 1986, an article was published in the Lebanese magazine "Al-Shiraa" and the world learned about the Iran-Contra affair - a grandiose political agreement of the Reagan administration (such a pure denial, pretending that "I didn't know"), which sold weapons to Iran Fortunes sanctions, and Iran's profits. bypassing the direct prohibitions of its Congress. It is customary for political elders to complain that today, unlike now, now, they say, there are "midgets" around, but then there were "titans". You always have to understand if it's the managers at the top, or if the rest are looking up from below. And yes, it is forbidden to hide the archives, but to reveal them after a while, so that the "magic talent" of some will fade in front of others, so that they will understand that the boss is not from God, but from flesh and blood. In May 1986, the Americans flew to Tehran to negotiate on an Israeli plane using false Irish passports. With gifts: a chocolate cake from a famous pastry shop in Washington and a Bible with the inscription in Reagan's handwriting. The cake was promptly gobbled up by the revolutionary border guards, mistaking it for supposed tampering (or maybe they wanted something sweet). And the speaker of the Iranian parliament showed the Bible at a press conference, scrolling it on a page with the "signature" of the US president in January 1987, when the White House administration made desperate efforts to prove that "Reagan knew nothing"... When CIA and National Security Council officials secretly flew to Europe (mainly Geneva and Frankfurt) to meet with Iranian intermediaries, they feared surveillance by the K. third. b or the European intelligence agencies. Therefore, first-rate American civil servants arrived in ridiculous mustaches, wigs and fake beards. The problem was that the mustache glue began to peel off due to the heat and excitement, so the Iranian negotiators could hardly contain their laughter, and the plot turned into a farce. The money transfer sometimes took place in the toilets of Frankfurt and Zurich airports.