The U.S.-Iraq talks were exposed, and the Trump government bypassed Iranian negotiators to contact the Revolutionary Guard

On 16 August, according to AXIOS, citing three informed sources, in mid-May United States negotiators encountered a problem when they tried to reach an agreement with Iran to end the war: They cannot determine whether the Iranian representatives across the negotiating table really represent the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which has strong influence. As a result, Government officials in Trump have taken an unusual approach — bypassing the Iranian negotiators and directly contacting the top of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The United States chose to be responsible for this secret channel of communication by Nechirvan Barzani, President of the Iraqi Kurdistan Autonomous Region. He has a very rare advantage: to gain the confidence of both the United States and the leadership of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. One important reason why negotiations between the United States and Iran are difficult is that Washington is not sure who really holds Iran’s decision-making power. While it was true that the United States and Iran had finally concluded a memorandum of understanding, it soon broke down。