The tech billionaire reportedly met with the ambassador on Monday in New York.
Tech billionaire Elon Musk recently met with Iran's Ambassador to the United Nations, according to a Thursday report from The New York Times.The Times reported that two Iranian officials said the discussion between Musk, a close ally to President-elect Donald Trump, and Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani on Monday addressed how to ease tensions been the U.S. and Iran. One of the officials said Musk was the one who requested the meeting.
Additionally, Trump ordered the 2020 assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, who was mentioned in a Justice Department press release issued last week announcing a thwarted Iranian plot to kill Trump. Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi subsequently denied the U.S.'s allegations.
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