Iran General License (No. G) - Certain Academic Exchanges and the Exportation or Importation of Certain Educational Services Authorized

Date issued: Aug. 24 2026

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TURBOFAC Commentary (740 words)

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[8-24-26 - update - GL "suspended indefinitely" in connection with "Economic D-Day". See Suspension of Certain Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations General Licenses and Treasury Launches Unprecedented Campaign Against Iranian Regime on Economic D-Day (Treasury Press Release).]

1) The authorization at paragraph (b)(1)(iii) came on the heels of a widely publicized problem with Coursera, for-profit provider of MOOCs that, up until around 2014, had seemingly interpreted the Berman Amendment (560.210(c)) as exempting its activities from regulation under the ITSR, CACR, Syrian and Sudanese Sanctions Regulations [1]. Coursera was apparently informed that the full range of its activities (grading, students' interaction with professors, etc.) constituted the provision of services, rather than just the export of informational...