Marc Polymeropoulos
Good background. How the middle east works. All about personal ties.
Barak Ravid
🇺🇸🇮🇷Scoop: The Trump administration established in mid-May a secret backchannel to Iran's Revolutionary Guard commander Ahmad Vahidi through Nechirvan Barzani, the president of the Kurdistan region in Iraq. My story on @axios https://www.axios.com/2026/08/16/iran-backchannel-trump-gabbard-barzani-war