Death of an Employee at the Swiss Embassy in Tehran Due to Fall from Height

Media reports today, Tuesday, stated that an employee working at the Swiss Embassy in Tehran has died from a fall from a high-rise building in northern Tehran. According to Reuters, citing Iranian sources, the employee, who was 51 years old, fell from a window of her home located on the 18th floor. Emergency services reported that the employee died instantly due to the impact from the high altitude. No further details regarding the circumstances of her death were provided. Switzerland has represented U.S. diplomatic interests in Iran since relations between Washington and Tehran were severed shortly after the Islamic Revolution in Iran in 1979.