Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Israeli support for Iran during the Iran–Iraq war" in English language version.
The first sales included spare parts for U.S.-made F-4 Phantom jets; a later deal in October 1980 included parts for U.S.-made tanks.
According to the memoirs of Zbigniew Brzezinski, the National Security Adviser to President Carter ...This happened in late June 1980 and involved one planeload of non-lethal materials.
Somehow the Carter administration found out about the sale right away. On April 27, President Carter called Menachem Begin and chewed his ear off.
It is true, apparently, that Israel supplied Iran with $50 million worth of spare parts for U.S.-built F-4 Phantom jets in the spring of 1980.
That culminated in a large shipment of tires for F-4 Phantom jets in early 1980, shortly after the hostages were seized at the United States Embassy in Tehran.
Israel secretly sold Iran 250 spare tires for American-built F-4 fighters in October to help Iran in its war with Iraq, Carter Administration officials and diplomatic sources said today.
That culminated in a large shipment of tires for F-4 Phantom jets in early 1980, shortly after the hostages were seized at the United States Embassy in Tehran.
The first sales included spare parts for U.S.-made F-4 Phantom jets; a later deal in October 1980 included parts for U.S.-made tanks.
It is true, apparently, that Israel supplied Iran with $50 million worth of spare parts for U.S.-built F-4 Phantom jets in the spring of 1980.
Israel secretly sold Iran 250 spare tires for American-built F-4 fighters in October to help Iran in its war with Iraq, Carter Administration officials and diplomatic sources said today.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)That culminated in a large shipment of tires for F-4 Phantom jets in early 1980, shortly after the hostages were seized at the United States Embassy in Tehran.
He also confirmed the trip of an Israeli mission early 1980 to Tehran and October 1980, one month after the war broke out, another went to Tehran via Istanbul.
Israel secretly sold Iran 250 spare tires for American-built F-4 fighters in October to help Iran in its war with Iraq, Carter Administration officials and diplomatic sources said today.
It was at this juncture [the middle of October 1980] that we learned, much to our dismay, that the Israelis had been secretly supplying American spare parts to the Iranians...
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)According to the memoirs of Zbigniew Brzezinski, the National Security Adviser to President Carter ...This happened in late June 1980 and involved one planeload of non-lethal materials.