Elon Musk Meets Iran UN Ambassador To Defuse Tension Under Trump: Report – News18
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Neither the Trump transition team nor Iran’s mission to the United Nations immediately confirmed the encounter
Tesla founder Elon Musk.
Tech billionaire Elon Musk, who has been appointed by US President-elect Donald Trump to oversee the newly created Department of Government Efficiency (Doge), reportedly met Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations in a bid to defuse tensions between Tehran and Washington.
The meeting between Musk Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani, which continued for over an hour on Monday, was held on a positive note, The New York Times reported citing anonymous Iranian sources.
However, neither the Trump transition team nor Iran’s mission to the United Nations confirmed the reports of the meeting, while Iranian mission denied to comment on any development.
The meeting between the two individuals indicates that the President-elect is concerned about diplomacy with Iran and not choosing the more hawkish approach favored by many conservatives in his Republican Party as well as Israel, as reported by AFP.
Iran’s ambassador reportedly urged Musk in the meeting to seek US sanctions exemptions and conduct business in Tehran.
The meeting also signifies the increasing influence of tech giant in the US politics, who has been a near constant presence at Trump’s side, reportedly joining him on telephone calls with world leaders.
Trump in his previous term in office tore up a deal on Iran’s nuclear program negotiated under his predecessor Barack Obama, instead pursuing a policy of “maximum pressure” that included working to force other nations not to buy Iran’s oil.
However, during his campaigning, Trump has cast himself as a great dealmaker and voiced an openness to diplomacy, despite his avowed support for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has ordered military strikes on Iran in tandem with Israel’s war on Hamas.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, considered a moderate within the clerical state, on Thursday told the visiting head of the UN nuclear watchdog that Tehran wanted to clear up doubts about the country’s “peaceful” nuclear program, the news agency said.
Along with foreign policy, Trump has put Musk and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, in charge of a new “Department of Government Efficiency” tasked with overhauling the federal bureaucracy.
An account for the program has been created on X, formerly Twitter, where it asked applicants to apply through a direct message.
“We need super high-IQ small-government revolutionaries willing to work 80+ hours per week on unglamorous cost-cutting,” said a post on X, adding that “Elon & Vivek will review the top 1% of applicants.”
(With inputs from AFP)
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