Herbert Amry
 Herbert Amry    (diplomat, Iran-Contra/Premature death) | |
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| Born | 21. March, 1939 Vienna |
| Died | 11 July, 1985 (Age 46) Athens |
Cause of death | "heart failure" |
| Nationality | Austrian |
| Victim of | premature death |
| Interest of | Heribert Apfalter |
Herbert Amry was an Austrian diplomat and Middle East expert. In the mid-1980s, despite the threats he had received, he repeatedly informed the Austrian Foreign and Interior Ministry about illegal arms deals between the state-owned VÖEST subsidiary Noricum and the then warring Iran. Numerous observers estimate the probability as high that his sudden, as yet unexplained death from heart failure shortly after his urgent warnings was poisoning.
It was not until several years after Amry's death that his reports on illegal arms exports were confirmed by the Noricum Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry and by several court cases, which led to the conviction of several managers and the resignation of top Austrian politicians. The entire affair, including the numerous documented cover-ups, false statements, and falsification of documents and files by state officials and politicians, is referred to as the Noricum scandal.
