Mamdani tries to downplay top official’s attempted meeting with Iran ambassador — as GOP pols demand answers

Iran out of patience? A defensive Mayor Zohran Mamdani tried to downplay his international affairs commissioner’s boneheaded attempted meeting with the anti-US Iranian ambassador — as he faced heat from aghast GOP lawmakers Friday. Mamdani said he never knew about Commissioner Ana Maria Archila’s scheduled — and thwarted — confab this week with Amir-Saeid Iravani, Iran’s permanent representative to the United Nations, until he received a press inquiry about it. He repeatedly stressed the sitdown never took place and chalked it up to a scheduling snafu. “The commissioner recognizes that this was made in error and we’re working on a...