Tech billionaire Elon Musk on Monday met with Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations and reportedly discussed ways to defuse tensions between Tehran and the United States, two Iranian officials told The New York Times.

The officials said the meeting, which lasted an hour in New York, was “positive” and “good news.”

Steven Cheung, President-elect Donald Trump’s communications director, told the Times, “We do not comment on reports of private meetings that did or did not occur.”

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