Iran-Contra figures Oliver North and Fawn Hall marry. Secret wedding follows decades after their roles in 1980s political scandal.
Published 2025.09.10
Oliver North enters a court in Manhattan, New York, on January 23, 2024. /AP-Yonhap
"Oliver North (81 years old), a former U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant colonel who was a central figure in the Iran-Contra Affair—the colossal scandal of 1980s American political history—and Fawn Hall (66 years old), his former secretary, secretly married on the 27th of last month in Arlington County, Virginia, according to Michael Isikoff, a renowned U.S. journalist who extensively covered the affair, who revealed the news on the 8th.
"President Ronald Reagan’s second administration (January 1985–January 1989) was plagued by the Iran-Contra Affair, which erupted in 1986.
"The Reagan administration had covertly sold U.S.-made weapons to Iran, which had pursued hostile policies toward the U.S. since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, starting in 1985, and used part of the proceeds to fund anti-government rebels opposing the pro-Soviet, leftist Sandinista National Liberation Front regime in Nicaragua.
"At the time, Iran was engaged in a war with Iraq (1980–1988), and the U.S. Congress had separately banned arms sales to Iran and military and financial support for Nicaraguan rebels.
"However, the Reagan administration sought the release of seven American hostages held in Lebanon by Hezbollah, which was supported by Iran. It ultimately violated the law by selling approximately $48 million worth of weapons to Iran and used $18 million of the proceeds to support the Nicaraguan Contra rebels.
"The deal was approved by John Poindexter, the White House National Security Advisor, and led by North, an active-duty Marine lieutenant colonel.
After Lebanese media reported the Iran arms sales and the release of American hostages in 1986, Hall, North’s secretary, actively destroyed documents under his orders. This marked the moment when Oliver North and Fawn Hall came to prominence in one of the most famous political scandals in modern U.S. history.
https://nypost.com/2025/09/09/us-news/iran-contra-figures-oliver-north-and-fawn-hall-secretly-marry-40-years-after-scandal-report/