[Trump Admits to Secret Communication Channel with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps] BlockBeats News, August 17, according to Fox News, U.S. President Trump today confirmed the existence of a secret communication channel between him and officials of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). A few days ago, details of U.S.-Iran negotiations were exposed, revealing that the Trump administration had bypassed Iranian negotiators to directly contact the IRGC. In mid-May of this year, when U.S. negotiators attempted to reach an agreement with Iran to end the war, they encountered a problem: they could not determine whether the Iranian representatives at the negotiating table truly represented the influential IRGC. As a result, Trump administration officials took an unusual step—bypassing Iranian negotiators and directly establishing contact with senior IRGC officials. The person chosen by the U.S. to manage this secret communication channel was Nechirvan Barzani, President of the Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq. Barzani possesses a rare advantage: he is trusted by both the U.S. and the leadership of the IRGC. One major reason U.S.-Iran negotiations have been fraught with difficulties is Washington's inability to determine who truly holds decision-making power in Iran.