Islam Times - Elon Musk Meets with Iran's UN Ambassador: Report

Islam Times - Contact was reportedly at Trump-allied billionaire’s request and could be significant for dismal US-Iranian relations.

Elon Musk, a close adviser to President-elect Donald J. Trump, met with Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations on Monday in New York, the New York Times reported.

The Times also claimed that two Iranian officials hailed the meeting as positive.

The meeting was a discussion of how to defuse tensions between Iran and the United States, according to two Iranian officials who spoke with the New York Times. One of the Iranian officials said that the Tesla executive requested the meeting and that the ambassador picked the site.

Donald Trump is vowing to reduce wasteful federal spending by tapping two billionaires — Tesla CEO Elon Musk and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy — to spearhead the initiative, which the president-elect is calling the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.