House Republicans are calling on the Department of Justice to investigate New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration following reports that one of his top aides sought to arrange a meeting with Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations while the Trump administration continues to negotiate with Tehran.

Rep. Addison McDowell, R-N.C., led a letter Thursday to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche requesting a probe into whether the mayor’s office violated the Logan Act, which prohibits unauthorized Americans from negotiating with foreign governments involved in disputes with the United States.

The request follows a City Journal report that New York City International Affairs Commissioner Ana María Archila scheduled a July 7 meeting with Iranian U.N. Ambassador Amir-Saeid Iravani. The meeting was canceled after the State Department learned of it and intervened, according to the report.

“We write with concern about the recent actions of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s Administration,” McDowell wrote. “Last week, media outlets began to report Commissioner Ana María Archila, the head of the New York City Mayor’s Office for International Affairs, had scheduled a July 7 meeting with the Islamic Republic of Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, Amir-Saeid Iravani.”

McDowell was joined by Reps. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo.; Earl “Buddy” Carter, R-Ga.; Pat Fallon, R-Texas; Randy Fine, R-Fla.; Clay Higgins, R-La.; Pat Harrigan, R-N.C.; Wesley Hunt, R-Texas; Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla.; Richard McCormick, R-Ga.; Max Miller, R-Ohio; Riley Moore, R-W.Va.; Pete Sessions, R-Texas; Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y.; and other House Republicans.

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