Amiram Nir

Amiram Nir (; 8 December 1950 – 30 November 1988) was an Israeli journalist. He had also been a terrorism advisor to two Israeli prime ministers, and played a role in the Iran–Contra affair. He married Judy Shalom Nir-Mozes in 1982. He also rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel in the Israel Defense Forces reserves. When the matter became public in late 1986 he was forbidden by the Israeli government from speaking to US authorities. In mid-1988 Nir spoke to Bob Woodward of The Washington Post, saying that he was considering how best to sell the Irangate story.

Death and conspiracy theory On November 30, 1988, the Cessna T210 that Nir was traveling in crashed during an attempted emergency landing in Michoacán, Mexico after one the plane's engine failed during a flight from Uruapan to Mexico City. Nir and one other passenger, Pedro Espinoza Hurtado, were killed instantly in the crash; the pilot, Guillermo Cuahonte, and a third passenger, Adriana Stanton, sustained serious injuries to their heads and bodies.

Given his connections to the Iran–Contra scandal, Nir's death sparked conspiracy theories that he was murdered to prevent him from revealing embarrassing details about then-President-elect of the United States George H. W. Bush. and The Times of Israel has called them "unsubstantiated".