Senior Swiss Diplomat in Iran Found Dead After Fall From High-Rise


A view of an entrance to the tower where the body was found of the Swiss embassy’s first secretary who died after falling from a building, in Tehran, Iran, on May 4, 2021. (Erfan Assar/West Asia News Agency via Reuters)

DUBAI—The first secretary at the Swiss embassy in Tehran was found dead on Tuesday after falling from a high-rise building where she lived in the north of the city, a spokesman for emergency services was quoted as saying by Iranian news agencies.

The Swiss foreign ministry (FDFA) said an employee at its embassy in Iran had died of an accident, without identifying the victim. “The FDFA and its head Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis are shocked by the tragic death and express their deepest condolences to the family,” it said.

Iranian emergency services spokesman Mojtaba Khaledi said the diplomat’s body was found by a gardener after an employee who arrived at her apartment early on Tuesday noticed she was missing, the news agency Fars reported.

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A view shows the tower where the body of the Swiss embassy’s first secretary, who died after falling from a building, was found in Tehran, Iran, on May 4, 2021. (Erfan Assar/West Asia News Agency via Reuters)

“This person was the first secretary of the Swiss embassy,” Khaledi told Mehr news agency. “The cause of her fall has yet to be determined,” he told Fars.

The diplomat was 51, the semi-official news agency ISNA reported. Other reports put her age at 52.

Switzerland has represented U.S. diplomatic interests in Iran since Washington and Tehran cut ties shortly after the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

By Dubai newsroom



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