Democratic Senator Feinstein Dined With Iranian Foreign Minister Amid US-Iran Tensions: Reports

(L) Sen. Dianne Feinstein arrives at a weekly Senate Democratic Policy Luncheon at the U.S. Capitol Washington, DC. Senate in Feb. 5, 2019. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) (R) Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran's foreign secretary at Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria on July 4, 2018. Michael Gruber/Getty Images

U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) had dinner with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, amid tensions between the United States and Iran.

Politico revealed late Thursday, May 23, that the Democratic senator’s team said she had dinner with Zarif when he was in the country “a few weeks ago.”