Easing tensions benefits both Iran, US
By Diako Hosseini
Strategic affairs analyst
As reported by an American media outlet, a meeting took place between Elon Musk, a close advisor to US President-elect Donald Trump, and Amir Saied Iravani, Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations. Although American and Iranian officials have refrained from commenting on the meeting, neither side has denied it either.
Such meetings are par for the course after US presidential elections and before the new administration takes office. In the previous term, Henry Kissinger managed and coordinated similar high-profile meetings when Trump was president. Therefore, Musk’s meeting with the Iranian ambassador to the UN is not out of the ordinary. At the same time, Trump has shown in his public statements that he has no appetite for continued tensions and wars, and wants to eliminate the need for US intervention in unnecessary conflicts, redirecting energy spent on these non-strategic disputes to domestic issues. In other words, Trump has a motive to defuse tensions between Iran and the US.
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