<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–Contra_affair" id="mwATU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Iran–Contra affair">Iran–Contra affair</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon" id="mwATY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Lebanon">Lebanese</a> magazine <i id="mwATc"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ash-Shiraa" id="mwATg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ash-Shiraa">Ash-Shiraa</a></i> reports that the United States has been secretly selling weapons to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran" id="mwATk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Iran">Iran</a> in order to secure the release of seven American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostage" id="mwATo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Hostage">hostages</a> held by pro-Iranian groups in Lebanon.