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Her Persian excursion is no more.<\/p>\n

Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u2019s international affairs commissioner boneheadedly made plans to meet with Iran\u2019s ambassador to the United Nations, sources confirmed to The Post.<\/p>\n

Read more Exclusive | Israel ready for more war on Iran should Trump ask for backup, sources tell The Post<\/a><\/p>\n

The scheduled July 7 meeting \u2013 first reported by City Journal \u2013 between Commissioner Ana Mar\u00eda Archila and Amir-Saeid Iravani, Iran\u2019s permanent representative to the UN, ultimately never happened, sources said.<\/p>\n

US State Department officials intervened after they learned about Archila\u2019s plans to meet an Iran government while America\u2019s conflict with the Gulf nation is still ongoing, according to sources.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe scheduled it without checking in with anybody,\u201d one source said of the Tuesday meeting.<\/p>\n

Archilla\u2019s scheduled meeting would\u2019ve unfolded after Iranian troops fired missiles at two commercial ships traversing the Strait of Hormuz \u2013 an action Monday in direct defiance of an interim peace agreement between the US and Iran.<\/p>\n

President Trump on Wednesday declared the temporary cease-fire \u201cover\u201d as the two nations traded renewed strikes.<\/p>\n

Follow live updates on Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u2019s socialist agenda and the latest in NYC politics<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mamdani condemned Trump\u2019s \u201cillegal war of aggression\u201d when the president first directed strikes against Iran in February.<\/p>\n

Read more Iranians unfurl chilling banner with Trump assassination threat at Ayatollah Khamenei\u2019s burial<\/a><\/p>\n

He didn\u2019t know about Archilla\u2019s planned meeting, the City Journal report stated.<\/p>\n

But the canceled face-to-face in 2 United Nations Plaza is likely to having critics of the Israel-bashing Mamdani clucking, \u201cAya-told-you-so.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, read the room people,\u201d another source said. \u201cI\u2019m sure the president is thrilled.\u201d<\/p>\n

The office is tasked with cultivating relationships with other nations and cities, given the Big Apple\u2019s role as an international hub and seat of the United Nations.<\/p>\n

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But Archilla \u2013 a former New York lieutenant governor candidate and longtime lefty activist with no experience in diplomacy \u2013 proved a controversial pick to head the office.<\/p>\n

Insiders have told The Post they believe Archilla is woefully unqualified for the job.<\/p>\n

Staffers have bemoaned Archilla hasn\u2019t known what to do, forcing Mamdani\u2019s administration to keep her predecessor, Aissata M.B. Camara, as a second commissioner \u2013 an unheard of situation, insiders said.<\/p>\n

Read more NBA teams forced to leave voice notes to contact LeBron James in free agency<\/a><\/p>\n

Camara took photos with dignitaries as recently as Wednesday.<\/p>\n

City Hall officials didn\u2019t respond for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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