GL-G

Summary

General License G authorizes U.S. accredited academic institutions and their contractors to enter into student academic exchange agreements with Iranian universities and engage in all related activities, including providing scholarships. It also authorizes a broad range of educational services, including processing applications and tuition payments from Iranian students, recruiting Iranian university teaching staff, providing online courses to individuals in Iran, supporting not-for-profit educational activities in Iran, and administering professional certificate and university entrance examinations to individuals in or ordinarily resident in Iran. U.S. persons enrolled in U.S. academic institutions are additionally authorized to participate in educational courses and noncommercial academic research at Iranian universities. The license was suspended indefinitely as of August 24, 2026.

Authorized activities

• U.S. academic institutions and contractors authorized to enter into student academic exchange agreements with Iranian universities and engage in all related activities, including provision of scholarships
• U.S. academic institutions and contractors authorized to export services in connection with filing/processing applications and accepting tuition payments from individuals in Iran or ordinarily resident in Iran
• U.S. academic institutions and contractors authorized to export services related to recruitment, hiring, or employment in a teaching capacity of individuals in Iran or ordinarily resident in Iran who are regularly employed in a teaching capacity at an Iranian university
• U.S. academic institutions and contractors authorized to export services to individuals in Iran or ordinarily resident in Iran to sign up for and participate in undergraduate level online courses in the humanities, social sciences, law, or business (including MOOCs, non-degree coursework, and fee-based courses), and introductory undergraduate STEM courses required for such degree programs
• U.S. persons actively enrolled in U.S. academic institutions authorized to participate in educational courses and noncommercial academic research at Iranian universities at the undergraduate level, or at the graduate level in humanities, social sciences, law, or business
• U.S. persons authorized to export services to Iran in support of not-for-profit educational activities: combating illiteracy, increasing access to education, and assisting in educational reform projects
• U.S. persons, wherever located, authorized to administer professional certificate examinations and university entrance examinations (including standardized tests) and provide services necessary for admission to U.S. academic institutions, to individuals in Iran or ordinarily resident in Iran

Conditions

The license does not authorize: (1) the exportation or reexportation to Iran or the Government of Iran of any goods (including software) or technology; or (2) the exportation or reexportation of services to any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to any part of 31 C.F.R. chapter V other than part 560. Individuals recruited for teaching in the U.S. must obtain appropriate visas from the U.S. Department of State or authorization from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The license was suspended indefinitely as of August 24, 2026.