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OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL
Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations
31 CFR Part 560
GENERAL LICENSE M-2
Authorizing the Exportation of Certain Graduate Level Educational Services and Software
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this general license, accredited graduate and undergraduate degree-granting academic institutions located in the United States (collectively, “U.S. academic institutions”), including their contractors, are authorized through 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time, September 1, 2023, to engage in the following activities with respect to Iranian students described in paragraph (b):
(1) Online Educational Services. The provision of online educational services related to graduate educational courses, provided that the courses are the equivalent of courses ordinarily required for the completion of graduate degree programs in the humanities, social sciences, law, or business, or are introductory science, technology, engineering, or mathematics courses ordinarily...
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1) Read in conjunction with FAQ 853, issued in conjunction with Iran General License M-1. The GL was amended on 8-24-2021 to extend the expiration date by one year, and again on 8-25-22 to extend the expiration date by another year.
2) RELATIONSHIP TO IRAN GL G
Paragraph (a) of Iran GL G authorizes, without the time restriction found in GL M:
"accredited graduate and undergraduate degree-granting academic institutions located in the United States (collectively, 'U.S. academic institutions'), including their contractors, are authorized to enter into student academic exchange agreements with universities located in Iran (collectively, "Iranian universities") related to undergraduate or graduate educational courses, and to engage in all activities related to such agreements, including, but not limited to, the provision of scholarships to students enrolled in Iranian universities to allow...