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Iranian FM denies reported meeting between UN ambassador and Elon Musk
[IsraelTimes] Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi strongly has denied a reported meeting between Tehran’s United Nations envoy and billionaire Elon Musk, state TV reports.“This was a fabricated story by American media, and the motives behind this can also be speculated,” Araqchi says.
[IsraelTimes] Iran successfully sought a meeting with Elon Musk, a US official says, in one of a series of steps apparently aimed at easing tensions with President-elect Donald Trump. Briefed on the meeting by a foreign colleague, the US official says Iran’s UN Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani met with Musk — a Trump ally named this week to advise his administration on ways to cut the federal government — on Monday in New York. The official adds that the discussion covered a variety of topics, most notably Iran’s nuclear program, its support for anti-Israel groups throughout the Middle East and prospects for improved relations with the United States. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a non-US governmental meeting, says no immediate decisions were taken by either side. The official adds that the Iranians sought the meeting with Musk and that it did not take place at the Iranian mission to the UN. The Trump transition team neither confirms nor denies the meeting, which was first reported by The New York Times, and Iran’s UN mission declines to comment. Intelligence officials have said Iran opposed Trump’s second term, seeing him as more likely to increase tension between Washington and Tehran. Related: Abbas Araqchi 10/09/2024 Naim Kassem, Nasrallah’s former deputy, admitted Hezbollah’s military distress by calling for an ‘unconditional’ ceasefire; Israel demands Hezbollah disarm and pull back beyond the Litani River Abbas Araqchi 09/28/2024 Day 2: Israel’s attack on Hezbollah’s Beirut HQ - is Nasrallah dead? Abbas Araqchi 09/24/2024 Iran ready for nuclear talks at UN ''if other parties willing'', says foreign minister Related: Amir Saeid Iravani 11/15/2024 Elon Musk met Iranian UN envoy in bid to defuse tensions under Trump — report Amir Saeid Iravani 04/10/2024 NYT: Iran has flooded West Bank with arms for 2 years, aims to make it next flashpoint Amir Saeid Iravani 02/08/2024 Iranian envoy to UN says Tehran arming, training and ’empowering’ Palestinian terror groups Posted by: trailing wife 2024-11-17 |
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