Trump reportedly used Nechirvan Barzani as secret backchannel to IRGC
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The Trump administration used Nechirvan Barzani, leader of Iraq’s Kurdish Regional Government (KRG), as a secret backchannel to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in May, after U.
negotiators questioned whether Iranian officials at the table actually spoke for the IRGC, Axios reported, citing three sources with direct knowledge.
After an April 8 ceasefire and a summit in Islamabad days later, the U.
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The Trump administration used Nechirvan Barzani, leader of Iraq’s Kurdish Regional Government (KRG), as a secret backchannel to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in May, after U.
negotiators questioned whether Iranian officials at the table actually spoke for the IRGC, Axios reported, citing three sources with direct knowledge.
After an April 8 ceasefire and a summit in Islamabad days later, the U.