[meyer]

Given the President’s constitutional authority, I’m not sure that the Iran-Iraq War and IRGC Prohibition Act has much effect.

[Keflavik76]

The real legal barrier is not the 1990 Act — it’s the IRGC’s designation as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) in 2019.

Under 18 U.S.C. § 2339B:

It is illegal to provide “material support” to an FTO

“Material support” includes money, training, equipment, services, or personnel

Diplomatic negotiations are explicitly exempted

So even the FTO designation does not prohibit diplomacy.

It prohibits giving them anything of value, not talking to them.