The main tool by which U.S. policy makers sought to secure their position in Iran in 1985 and 1986 was secretly providing arms and intelligence information. As a proclaimed neutral in the Iran-Iraq war, the United States was not supposed to supply weapons to either side. Nevertheless, U.S. allies kept the combatants well-stocked. Israel transferred vast quantities of U.S.-origin weapons to Iran; to what extent U.S. permission for these shipments was obtained (as required by U.S. law) is not known, but surely the U.S. had enough leverage to prevent the transfers if it had wanted to.
This was the period of time when Israel bombed a nuclear reactor Saddam's Iraq was building. Iran and Israel were 'friendlies' but not allies. As every other nation that calls itself an ally of the USA, Israel was as much a pawn as Saddam would come to be.
Today, it is in Israel's best interest to rekindle peace with all nations of Islam. After all, Ur (click on) is in Iraq and who wants to leave the place where the first writings of the Hebrews to chance of a return of a dictator or Ayatollah.
