CNN - After President Donald Trump publicly appealed to Iran to call him amid heightened tensions with Tehran, the White House contacted the Swiss on Thursday to share a phone number the Iranians could call the President on, according to a diplomatic source familiar with the move. "I'd like to see them call me," Trump said of the Iranians in the ...

Press TV - Iran has summoned the Swiss charge daffaires to Tehran to protest at the US Secretary of State Rex Tillersons recent "meddlesome" remarks against the Islamic Republic, the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman says. In a meeting on Monday, the director general for the Americas at Irans Foreign Ministry, Mohammad Keshavarz-Zadeh, handed over ...

New York, Oct 1, IRNA -- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in separate meeting with his Mexican, Austria, Swiss and South Korean foreign ministers discussed different global issues, including the refugee crisis and the Syrian crisis. During the meeting with his Mexican Foreign Minister Claudia Ruiz Massieu, Zarif discussed political ...

The Swiss government has partially copied EU's sanctions against Iran by having extended financial sanctions against this countrybut not freezing the assets of its central bank and imposing an oil embargo. Extending its previously financial sanctions, Switzerland has frozen the assets of eight companies and three individuals on Tuesday. The Federal ...

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TEHRAN (FNA)- Switzerland's Evasan Insurance Company announced that it will soon open a branch in Tehran. "We are now providing travel insurance services in Iran and plan to increase our presence in the country through opening a branch office," Pedram Habibi said on the sidelines of the 8th International Bourse, Banking and Insurance Exhibition ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Swiss Foreign Ministry Spokesman Stefan von Below voiced his countrys support for a political solution to Irans nuclear standoff with the West. Switzerland has always supported a diplomatic solution to Irans nuclear issue, Von Below told FNA in Geneva on Wednesday. He underlined that Switzerland supports the ongoing negotiations ...

Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter has hailed the new Iranian administrations approach for constructive interaction with the international community, expressing optimism about the outcome of the upcoming talks between Iran and the six major world powers in Geneva. On Monday, Burkhalter said that his country is ready to mediate between Iran and ...

Qom, Oct 9, IRNA -- Swiss State Secretary Yves Rossier said Iranian government is a brave government which is ready to take important and key decisions. Speaking with Mayor of Qom Mohammad Delbari on Wednesday, Rossier said, In my trip to Iran, it was proved to me that all-out support of Iranian people and religious, political circles for the government,...

Irans foreign minister has discussed the latest developments regarding Syria with his counterparts in different countries, rejecting a possible military action against the Arab state. Mohammad Javad Zarif on Wednesday held telephone conversations on the Syrian crisis with the foreign ministers of France, Italy, Spain and some other European countries....

By Reuters (Reuters) - The Swedish firm Ericsson is working with Iran's largest mobile telecom operator to expand its network and has promised to support another Iranian mobile carrier until 2021, according to interviews and an internal company document. The involvement of Ericsson, the world's largest mobile network equipment maker, comes at a time ...

By Reuters GENEVA, Nov 16 (Reuters) - The Swiss cabinet has no plans to extend its reporting requirements on transactions withIranto cover offshore branches of oil trading firms, it said, rejecting proposals from leftist parliamentarians. A group of seven members of the Swiss Social Democrats Party raised the issue in September after Reuters ...