Operation Staunch was launched in the spring of 1983 by the United States State Department to stop the flow of U.S. arms to Iran. == Background == The Iranian Islamic Revolution in 1979 and the hostage crisis in Tehran frustrated American policymakers whose response came as an embargo on the new government of Iran.
Operation Staunch was launched in the spring of 1983 by the United States State Department to stop the flow of U.S. arms to Iran. == Background == The Iranian Islamic Revolution in 1979 and the hostage crisis in Tehran frustrated American policymakers whose response came as an embargo on the new government of Iran.
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