Iranian official met with Elon Musk in possible step to ease tensions with Trump

Iran’s UN ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani met with Mr Musk on Monday in New York, according to a US official briefed on the meeting by a foreign colleague

Elon Musk speaks before Republican presidential nominee former president Donald Trump at a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Iran successfully sought a meeting with Elon Musk, according to a US official, one in a series of steps that appeared aimed at easing tensions with president-elect Donald Trump.

Iran’s UN ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani met with Mr Musk — a Trump ally named this week to advise his administration on ways to cut the federal government — on Monday in New York, according to a US official briefed on the meeting by a foreign colleague.