During the Iran-Iraq war, Ronald Reagan’s national security adviser, Robert McFarlane, paid a clandestine visit to Iran with the approval of the country’s highest authorities, to pursue a deal that would have been to Iran’s advantage. But anti-American elements in the government leaked the news to an Arab newspaper, killing the deal and landing both the Reagan administration and the Iranian government in huge trouble.
在两伊战争期间， 罗纳德·里根的国家安全顾问罗伯特·麦克法兰曾在伊朗最高权力机构的批准下密访德黑兰，并有望达成一项有利于伊朗的密约。谁知伊朗政府内部的反美派却把这一消息泄漏给了一家阿拉伯报纸，不但生生搅黄了整个事件，还令里根政府和伊朗方面都倒了大霉。