American media reports suggest billionaire Elon Musk is making efforts to “ease tensions” between Washington and Tehran.

Elon Musk attended the America First Policy Institute’s Gala at Mar-a-Lago on November 14 in Palm Beach, Florida (Photo: Getty).

The New York Times reported on November 14 that, according to two unnamed Iranian officials, Elon Musk, a close ally of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, met with Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations earlier this week.

According to the New York Times, Musk’s meeting with Amir Saeid Iravani took place in New York earlier this week and was described by Iranian sources as an effort to “ease tensions” between the U.S. and Iran. Iranian sources described the conversation as “positive” and “good news.”

Musk, owner of SpaceX, Tesla, and the social media platform X (formerly Twitter), has not commented on the matter. Trump’s spokesperson, Steven Cheung, told the American newspaper that the President-elect would not comment on “reports of private meetings that may or may not