Iran’s Foreign Ministry has denied that a meeting was held between the Iranian ambassador to the United Nations and Elon Musk, the world’s richest person and close ally of US President-elect Donald Trump.
The New York Times reported that the meeting took place earlier this week, citing two Iranian officials.
But Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei “categorically denied” that a meeting took place and was “surprised” by coverage in US media, state-run IRNA said.
The newspaper reported that a meeting between Musk and Iran’s envoy, Amir Saeid Iravani, was held at a secret location in New York on Monday (11) and lasted more than an hour, citing Iranian authorities. The meeting would be an attempt to calm tensions between the two countries.
THE CNN contacted Musk, Trump’s transition team and the Iranian mission to the UN to confirm the meeting.
Reports of the alleged meeting have raised questions about how Musk’s influence could impact the new administration, especially when it comes to US foreign policy.
Last week, the day after the presidential election, Musk joined Trump’s call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, according to two sources. Zelensky thanked Musk for his help in providing communications through Starlink to Ukraine in the ongoing war with Russia, a source added.
Trump announced on Tuesday (12) that Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will lead a new “Department of Government Efficiency” in his second administration. Musk, who is the CEO of Space X and Tesla, has benefited from federal contracts worth billions of dollars, including from NASA, the military and other US government agencies.
It is not immediately clear how the department – which Trump said “will provide advice and guidance from outside the government” – would operate, and whether the US Congress – even fully Republican-controlled – would have the breathing room to approve such a massive review of the department’s spending and operations. government.
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