TEHERAN – It is a mystery about the death of a 51-year-old diplomat from the Swiss embassy in Tehran, found dead this morning at the foot of one of the skyscrapers in the Kamranieh district, in the northern part of the city. The woman was the first secretary of the Swiss embassy, which also looks after the interests of the United States in the country.
Since the end of diplomatic relations after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Washington has relied on Bern to look after its interests in Iran. According to the spokesman for the Iranian “National Emergency Medical Service Organization”, Mojtaba Khaledi, the woman would have died several hours before the discovery. It is not clear whether the death was due to a malicious act, an accident or a suicide.
The death of the Swiss diplomat comes at a very delicate time for Iran. The country is in fact trying to relaunch the nuclear deal and for some months has been conducting indirect talks with the United States as part of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) Commission in Vienna. Tehran is also in the midst of an internal clash just over a month before the presidential elections on June 18 between the Guardians of the Revolution and the outgoing government led by the president. Hassan Rouhani.
The Swiss Foreign Minister, Ignazio Cassis, he said he was “shocked by the tragic death” of the diplomat and expressed his “deepest condolences to the family”.
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