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Iran–Contra affair, an Epic card
The Iran–Contra affair or Iran–Contra scandal, also referred to as the Iran Initiative or Contragate, was a political scandal in the United States that centered on arms trafficking to Iran between 1981 and 1986, facilitated by senior officials of the Reagan administration.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 87
- DEF
- 91
- Power
- 178
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 920,000
Power 178 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Iran–Contra affair quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Iran–Contra affair card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The ______ hoped to use the proceeds of the arms sale to fund the Contras, an anti-Sandinista rebel group in Nicaragua.
Answer
administration. The administration hoped to use the proceeds of the arms sale to fund the Contras, an anti-Sandinista rebel group in Nicaragua. From the Iran–Contra affair article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Battle of the Little Bighorn. Battle of the Little Bighorn 94 · 2026 Nepalese general election 91 · Iran–Contra affair 87 · Ancient Greece 83 ATK in WikiCards.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The administration hoped to use the proceeds of the arms sale to fund the Contras, an anti-Sandinista rebel group in Nicaragua.
- Under the Boland Amendments, a series of laws passed by Congress and signed by Ronald Reagan, further funding of the Contras by legislative appropriations was prohibited by Congress, but the Reagan administration continued funding them secretly using non-appropriated funds.
- The administration's justification for the arms shipments was that they were part of an attempt to free seven U.S. hostages being held in Lebanon by Hezbollah, an Islamist paramilitary group connected to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Iran–Contra affair article was read about 920,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 87 and blocks with 91: each hit it takes is cut by 36 %.
How to get Iran–Contra affair
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Iran–Contra affair (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Series: Reagan White House Photographs, 1/20/1981 - 1/20/1989 Collection: White House Phot, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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