---
born: 1922-12-03
category: Iran-Contra
died: 2005-02-26
location: Vienna, Austria
summary: Editor-in-chief of Time magazine who vetoed publication of the North-Nir
  story that later became known as the Iran-Contra Affair.
tags:
- Person
- IranContra
- Israel
---

[Henry Grunwald](/people/henry-grunwald/) was the editor-in-chief of *Time* magazine. He was responsible for vetoing the publication of [Samghabadi's](/people/raji-samghabadi/) story detailing the [North](/people/oliver-north/)-[Nir](/people/amiram-nir/) operation, which later became known as the [Iran-Contra Affair](/events/iran-contra-affair/). This decision was seen by some as an example of media control in the [U.S.](/places/united-states/).[^1]

[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992.