The billionaire Elon Muskwho will lead the new Department of Government Effectiveness (DOGE) in the next administration of Donald Trump, met this Monday with the Iranian Ambassador to the UN For ease strained bilateral relations.
The meeting between Musk and the Iranian ambassador, Amir Said IravanIt lasted more than an hour and took place in a secret location, according to two Iranian officials. The New York Times. The purpose of this meeting was to assess how to de-escalate relations between the United States and Iran.
The Iranians, who maintain their anonymity, described the quote as “positive” and “good news”. One of them explained to the American newspaper that it was Elon Musk who had requested the meeting and that the Iranian diplomat had chosen the site.
The meeting took place just a day before Donald Trump announced that he was placing Musk as head of the new Department of Government Effectiveness (DOGE, in English, a nod to the billionaire’s favorite cryptocurrency ), additional proof the weight of the CEO of Tesla in the future cabinet of the President-elect of the United States.
This also suggests the possibility of a change of tone, indicate The New York Times, between Tehran and Washington under the new Trump administration, which, during its previous mandate (2017-2021), had promoted a campaign of “maximum pressure” against Iran with economic sanctions and the abandonment of the 2015 nuclear agreement.
Iran ready to cooperate
This Thursday precisely, the Iranian president, Massoud Pezeshkiandeclared that his country is ready to cooperate and to clarify the peaceful nature of its nuclear activities during a meeting in Tehran with the director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, and recalled that fulfills the obligations of the agreement, who limited their program in exchange for the lifting of sanctions.
Trump’s return marks a question mark in the course of Israel’s wars against Gaza and Lebanon. On the one hand, it maintains a constant support for Israel, whose Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, assured this Sunday that he had three calls with Trump since his election, highlighting the “Iranian threat” as one of the key subjects of these calls.
On the other hand, in his first speech after winning the elections, the Republican leader assured that he did not want wars: “I am not going to start a war. I am going to stop them.” said.
