THE IRANIAN SIDE OF IRAN CONTRA And other stories

About this episode

The episode explores the Iranian perspective on the Iran-Contra scandal during the Reagan Administration.

A scandal in the US, even more of a scandal in Iran. Iran-Contra was a significant moment of the Reagan Administration and the 80's, but its rarely seen from the other country's side. In Iran, the event was not insignificant. A mix of unreleased content and some long-lost episodes that were quite popular in their time and still have some points today on this podcast. We are part of Airwave Media Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Bruce Carlson

Topics covered

• Iran-Contra
• Reagan Administration
• US-Iran relations
• political scandal
• historical perspective

Keywords

• Iran-Contra
• Reagan
• political scandal
• Iran
• US relations
• history
• politics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Airwave Media Network

Places: Iran, US

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