Senior Swiss diplomat in Iran 'dies in fall from high-rise building'

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Senior Swiss diplomat in Tehran dies after falling from high-rise building where she lived, Iranian media reports

A senior member of staff at the Swiss embassy in Tehran has died after falling from the high-rise building where she lived, Iranian media report.

An emergency services spokesman told Mehr news agency that the 51-year-old woman was first secretary at the embassy but did not give her name. Police in the Kamraniyeh area alerted paramedics on Tuesday morning but she had been "dead for a while", he said."The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs and its head Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis are shocked by the tragic death and express their deepest condolences to the family," a spokesperson said.It gave no further information about the circumstances of the death, citing data protection and privacy reasons.

Switzerland has represented US diplomatic interests in Iran since Washington and Tehran severed relations shortly after the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

 

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What'd Putin have against her?

Window cancer strikes again!

I expect any CCTV security cameras in her building all suffered an unexpected and unexplained outage in the hours before her 'fall' too.

Mmmmm

'Falling'

Hmmm 🤔 sounds like those spy stories you watch on the BBC. Did she fall or was she Spooks sorry pushed? I think most people know the truth. These Iranians don’t mess about.

'falling'

Oops did he accidentally say something about a certain religion we are all not allowed to criticise?

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