A representative of the Iranian Foreign Ministry called the information about the alleged meeting of Amir Said Iravani with Elon Musk false. The NYT wrote that the negotiations took place “in a secret location” in New York on November 11.
Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs "categorically" rejected media reports of a meeting between the Islamic Republic's permanent representative to the UN, Amir Saeed Iravani, and American billionaire Elon Musk.
In a comment to the state news agency
IRNAon Saturday, November 16, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ismail Baghaei called such allegations false. Baghaei also expressed “surprise at the widespread dissemination of information about the alleged meeting by the American media.”