oliver north was the u.s. military officer that was at the head of the iranian arms deals.
oliver north was the u.s. military officer that was at the head of the iranian arms deals.
who was the u.s. military officer that was at the head of the iranian arms deals?
oliver north
clines, as well as oliver north, edwin wilson and richard secord, were involved in the conspiracy to provide arms to the contras, and clines himself as a key player in the web of business operations founded by secord and iranian arms dealer albert hakim known as the "enterprise".









































section::::iran-contra.:trial.
thomas g. clines
according to a u.n. panel in may 2012, iran supplied the syrian government with arms during the previous year despite a ban on weapons exports by the islamic republic. turkish authorities captured crates and a truck in february 2012, including assault rifles, machine guns, explosives, detonators, 60mm and 120mm mortar shells as well as other items on its border. it was believed these were destined for the syrian government. the confidential report leaked just hours after an article appeared in "the washington post" revealing how syrian opposition fighters started to receive more, and better, weapons in an effort paid for by persian gulf arab states and co-ordinated partly by the us. the report investigated three large illegal shipments of iranian weapons over the past year and stated "iran has continued to defy the international community through illegal arms shipments. two of these cases involved [syria], as were the majority of cases inspected by the panel during its previous mandate, underscoring that syria continues to be the central party to illicit iranian arms transfers." more anonymous sources were cited by the un in may 2012, as it claimed arms were moving both ways between lebanon and syria, and alleged weapons brought in from lebanon were being used to arm the opposition. the alleged spike in iranian arms was likely a response to a looming influx of weapons and ammunition to the rebels from gulf states that had been reported shortly before.
iranian involvement in the syrian civil war