🇺🇸📰 Axios: Trump administration officials bypassed Iran's negotiators and contacted the IRGC leadership directly;

Their communication channel was Nechirvan Barzani, the head of the Kurdistan region of Iraq, who had the trust of the US and IRGC leaders.

Barzani lived in Iran during the Iran-Iraq war and studied at Tehran University.

He is fluent in Farsi and has personal relationships with many senior members of Iran, including senior IRGC members.

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