Question

What organization tied the contras in nicaragua to the hostages in iran?

Answer 1

The official justification for the arms shipments was that they were part of an operation to free seven American hostages being held in Lebanon by Hezbollah, an Islamist paramilitary group with Iranian ties connected to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Answer 2

The organization that tied the contras in Nicaragua to the hostages in Iran was the United States government. During the Iran-Contra affair in the 1980s, certain officials within the U.S. government facilitated the arms sales to Iran and used the profits to fund the Contra rebels in Nicaragua.