Luchaire Affair

The Luchaire Affaire is a politico-financial scandal that took place in the 1980s in France, under the François Mitterrand presidency.

Between 1982 and 1986, while Charles Hernu was the French Minister of Defence, France supplied shells to Iran.

This was revealed by the Presse de la Manche newspaper, and later by a Contrôle général des armées report published in L'Express in January 1987.

However, Jean-François Barba retracted his allegations, and the judge was unable to access classified documents needed to continue the inquiry.

This law established state funding for political parties and required certain public servants to disclose their financial status.