 Chishuvo chokubudirira kuita chiito chakasimba mukurwisana nehugandanga muhurumende yaReagan chakasimudzirwazve nokuyeuka mutengo wezvematongerwe enyika wakatakurwa naPurezidhendi Jimmy Carter nokuda kwokushayikwa kwechimwe chinhu ichocho kusakwanisa kwake kusunungura vaAmerica vaibatwa vari nhapwa nevadzidzi vairatidzira muIranyakaonekwa sechinhu chikuru mukutadza kwake kusarudzwazve muna 1980. Pasinei nokutsvaka kwakavanzika kweCIA, hurumende yaReagan yakanga yaodzwa mwoyowo nokusakwanisa kwayo kuwana vaAmerica vakanga vabatwa vari nhapwa muLebanon hostage crisis yakanga yatanga muna 1982, uyewo yakanga isina mukana wokuita chimwe chinhu chakanaka mukubirwa kweTWA kwakanga kwaitika munguva pfupi yapfuura. 