Tehran (IP) - Esmail Baghaei, Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman on Saturday rejected Western media reports on a private meeting between Elon Musk and Iran's ambassador to the UN.

Iran Press/Iran news: On Friday, Western media quoted the New York Times which reported that Elon Musk, head of Donald Trump's newly founded cost-cutting department met Iran's ambassador to the UN Amir-Saeed Iravani in a private place in New York.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Esmail Baghaei on Saturday dismissed the "false reports" of US media.

In an interview with IRNA, Baghaei expressed surprise over the extensive propagation by American media outlets on the alleged meeting.

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