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Elon meets with Iranian diplomats

It's time to "smooth things over"

Rob Beschizza
Nov 14, 2024
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Elon Musk

Two years ago, Iranian activists using Starlink phones to evade Iran's brutal theocratic regime thanked the company's CEO directly: It's "as if Elon Musk himself is delivering to me," one told Time Magazine. Now, though, Musk—still the richest man in the world but now also the president-elect's most powerful advisor—is negotiating directly with…

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