§ 575.207 - Prohibited transactions relating to travel to Iraq or to activities within Iraq.

Except as otherwise authorized, no U.S. person may engage in any transaction relating to travel by any U.S. citizen or permanent resident alien to Iraq, or to activities by any U.S. citizen or permanent resident alien within Iraq, after the effective date, other than transactions:

(a) Necessary to effect the departure of a U.S. citizen or permanent resident alien from Kuwait or Iraq;

(b) Relating to travel and activities for the conduct of the official business of the United States Government or the United Nations; or

(c) Relating to journalistic activity by persons regularly employed in such capacity by a newsgathering organization.

This section prohibits the unauthorized payment by a U.S. person of his or her own travel or living expenses to or within Iraq.