Amid US-Iran Tensions, Elon Musk Meets Iranian Ambassador at Secret Location: Reports

Washington: Amid ongoing tensions between Iran and United States, Elon Musk, a close ally of President-elect Donald J. Trump, is learnt to have met Iran’s ambassor to United Nations on Monday in New York, according to media reports.

Media reports citing two Iranian officials said meeting, that could prove crucial, between Musk and Ambassor Amir Saeid Iravani lasted for over an hour and was held at a secret location.  

Billionaire businessman Musk rose as most powerful private citizen in Trump transition. Last week, Musk joined Trump's call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky amid Russia's aggression against Kyiv.

meeting between Iranian Ambassor and Musk triggers a possibility of a change in tone between Tehran and Washington under Trump 2.0 ministration, despite a charged history between president-elect and Iran.

Reports furr suggested that it was Musk who h urged for meeting.

During his stint as US President, Trump (78) pulled United States out of 2015 nuclear accord between Iran and world powers, describing it as “a horrible one-sided deal that should have never, ever been me,”. He also went on to impose tough economic sanctions on Iranian oil revenues and international banking transactions.

US Claims Iran's Involvement in Trump's Assassination Bid, Tehran Rejects Accusations

Republican leer h also ordered assassination of a top Iranian general, Qassim Suleimani, in Iraq in 2020.

Responding to Trump's move, Iran’s supreme leer Ali Khamenei prohibited any negotiations with Trump ministration and Iranian officials vowed to avenge Suleimani’s killing. Recently, US claimed Iran's involvement in a plot to assassinate Donald Trump before US elections. Consequently, US department of Justice charged an Iranian man, tapped by Iran, to kill Trump.

However, Iran denied allegatIon calling it a "third-rate comedy."

Following Trump's victory, Iran has been publicly debating wher it can now reach a new and more lasting deal with United States. Many members of new President Masoud Pezeshkian’s government have vocated for negotiations, arguing that Trump likes to make deals and that re may be an opportunity to get sanctions lifted.

Refusing allegations Iran Foreign Minister tweeted ," Remember assassination of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran right after our President's inauguration? Everyone knows who did it and why.  Now, with anor election, a new scenario is fabricated with same goal: as a killer does not exist in reality, scriptwriters are brought in to manufacture a third-rate comedy. Who can in ir right mind believe that a supposed assassin SITS IN IRAN and talks online to FBI?!"

" American people have me ir decision. And Iran respects ir right to elect President of ir choice. path forward is also a choice. It begins with respect. Iran is NOT after nuclear weapons, period. This is a policy based on Islamic teachings and our security calculations. Confidence-building is needed from both sides. It is not a one-way street," he ded.

Reports, citing Iranian officials, furr claimed that meeting with Musk provided a workaround for Iran, without requiring it to sit directly with an American official. However, Musk will, soon have an official role as he has been named as co-director of a newly-formed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). 

It is learnt that Ambassor Iravani told Musk that he should obtain sanctions exemptions from Treasury and urged him to set up his businesses in Tehran also.