Iran successfully sought a meeting with Elon Musk, according to a US official, one in a series of steps that appeared aimed at easing tensions with president-elect Donald Trump.Iran's UN ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani met Mr Musk - a Trump ally named this week to advise his administration on ways to cut the federal government - on Monday in New York, according to a US official briefed on the meeting by a foreign colleague.

Iran successfully sought a meeting with Elon Musk, according to a US official, one in a series of steps that appeared aimed at easing tensions with president-elect Donald Trump.Iran's UN ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani met Mr Musk - a Trump ally named this week to advise his administration on ways to cut the federal government - on Monday in New York, according to a US official briefed on the meeting by a foreign colleague.