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Sunday November 17, 2024

Iran categorically denies envoy’s meeting with Musk

The Times reports Musk met with Iran’s ambassador to UN Amir Saeid Iravani earlier this week

By AFP
November 17, 2024
Irans Ambassador to the UN Amir Saeid Iravani (left) and US tech billionaire Elon Musk. — IRNA/Reuters/File
Iran's Ambassador to the UN Amir Saeid Iravani (left) and US tech billionaire Elon Musk. — IRNA/Reuters/File

TEHRAN: Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman on Saturday “categorically” denied The New York Times report on Tehran’s ambassador to the United Nations meeting with US tech billionaire Elon Musk, state media reported.

In an interview with state news agency IRNA, spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei was reported as “categorically denying such a meeting” and expressing “surprise at the coverage of the American media in this regard”.

The Times reported on Friday that Musk, who is a close ally of President-elect Donald Trump, met earlier this week with Iran’s ambassador to the UN, Amir Saeid Iravani. It cited anonymous Iranian sources describing the encounter as “positive”.