https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Iran's foreign ministry on Tuesday summoned the Swiss ambassador to Tehran to demand the unconditional and immediate release of a state television journalist detained in the United States. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190123/iran-summons-swiss-envoy-over-us-arrest-of-journalist Wed, 23 Jan 2019 09:56:51 +0100 iran-summons-swiss-envoy-over-us-arrest-of-journalist Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's visit to Switzerland and Austria was shaken Tuesday by allegations one of Tehran's diplomats was involved in a bomb plot against an opposition group in Paris. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180703/iran-diplomats-detention-overshadows-rouhanis-swiss-visit Tue, 03 Jul 2018 20:09:42 +0200 iran-diplomats-detention-overshadows-rouhanis-swiss-visit Iranian President Hassan Rouhani arrived in Switzerland on Monday at the start of European trip billed as of "prime importance" after the US pulled out of the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180703/iranian-president-makes-official-visit-to-switzerland Tue, 03 Jul 2018 10:58:10 +0200 iranian-president-makes-official-visit-to-switzerland As a fierce blizzard sweeps mountains outside Tehran, a team of elite Swiss ski instructors refuses to allow the deep freeze to stand in the way of warming ties with Iran. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170216/swiss-ski-instructors-help-boost-ski-industry-in-iran Thu, 16 Feb 2017 09:25:06 +0100 swiss-ski-instructors-help-boost-ski-industry-in-iran Iran summoned Switzerland's ambassador, who represents Washington's interests in Tehran, to protest President Donald Trump's visa ban on Iranians, the foreign ministry said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170130/iran-protests-trumps-visa-ban-through-swiss-ambassador Mon, 30 Jan 2017 09:46:50 +0100 iran-protests-trumps-visa-ban-through-swiss-ambassador A large number of computers at a Geneva hotel that hosted delicate Iranian nuclear talks last year were infected with malware used for espionage, Swiss prosecutors said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20161104/malware-used-to-spy-on-iran-talks-in-geneva Fri, 04 Nov 2016 09:29:52 +0100 malware-used-to-spy-on-iran-talks-in-geneva Switzerland said on Sunday that it will represent the interests of Iran and Saudi Arabia in both countries after the rupture of diplomatic relations between the Sunni Muslim and Shiite powers. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160214/bern-to-represent-saudi-and-iranian-interests Sun, 14 Feb 2016 19:35:10 +0100 bern-to-represent-saudi-and-iranian-interests American prisoners released by Iran flew to Geneva in a Swiss Air Force jet on Sunday before being transferred to a US military plane that took them on to an American base in Germany, Swiss government sources said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160117/three-us-prisoners-freed-by-iran-land-in-geneva Sun, 17 Jan 2016 21:36:35 +0100 three-us-prisoners-freed-by-iran-land-in-geneva Four Iranian-American citizens freed by Iran in a prisoner swap with the United States have left Tehran and are flying to Bern in Switzerland, Iranian state television reported on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160117/four-freed-iranian-americans-heading-to-switzerland Sun, 17 Jan 2016 16:30:47 +0100 four-freed-iranian-americans-heading-to-switzerland Switzerland on Thursday lifted several already suspended economic sanctions against Iran, following last month's historic deal between Tehran and world powers on the Iranian nuclear programme. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150814/switzerland-lifts-iran-sanctions-after-nuclear-deal Fri, 14 Aug 2015 11:03:01 +0200 switzerland-lifts-iran-sanctions-after-nuclear-deal UPDATED: Swiss and Austrian investigators have launched probes into alleged spying in hotels hosting delicate Iranian nuclear talks, with Israel denying on Thursday that its secret services were involved. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150611/swiss-join-probes-into-iran-nuclear-talks-spying Thu, 11 Jun 2015 21:29:50 +0200 swiss-join-probes-into-iran-nuclear-talks-spying A Swiss business delegation travelled to Iran over the weekend for the first such visit in ten years in a bid to expand trade ties, the federal department of finance says. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150426/swiss-business-delegation-seeks-iran-trade-deals Sun, 26 Apr 2015 21:38:39 +0200 swiss-business-delegation-seeks-iran-trade-deals Iran and six world powers on Thursday agreed on the framework of a potentially historic deal aimed at curbing Tehran's nuclear drive. But Israel warned that a binding pact would threaten its survival. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150403/historic-framework-nuclear-deal-reached Fri, 03 Apr 2015 12:07:15 +0200 historic-framework-nuclear-deal-reached US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Iranian counterpart huddled in Lausanne all night until early dawn Thursday negotiating face-to-face as they sought to clinch a hard-fought deal to curtail Iran's nuclear programme. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150402/iran-nuclear-talks-carry-on-into-the-wee-hours Thu, 02 Apr 2015 11:50:57 +0200 iran-nuclear-talks-carry-on-into-the-wee-hours Russia and Iran claimed a breakthrough in Lausanne talks on a framework deal cutting back Tehran's nuclear programme, but the US denied everything had been agreed as discussions were due to resume Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150401/iran-talks Wed, 01 Apr 2015 10:21:08 +0200 iran-talks Global powers were racing in Lausanne on Tuesday to reach the outlines of a deal to stop any Iranian bid to develop nuclear weapons. Here's a guide to what kind of agreement may be reached: https://www.thelocal.ch/20150331/lausanne-talks-could-set-irans-nuclear-future Tue, 31 Mar 2015 16:26:28 +0200 lausanne-talks-could-set-irans-nuclear-future In the margins of intense talks in Lausanne to reach a deal over Iran’s nuclear future over the weekend an Iranian journalist took advantage of the situation to file a request for asylum in Switzerland, media reports said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150329/iran-journalist-covering-lausanne-talks-seeks-asylum Sun, 29 Mar 2015 23:31:26 +0200 iran-journalist-covering-lausanne-talks-seeks-asylum Foreign policy chiefs continue to gather in Lausanne to try to broker a deal by Tuesday on Iran’s nuclear program. The EU’s foreign policy official was to join the talks on Saturday, a day earlier than expected. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150328/iran-nuke-negotiations-go-into-high-gear Sat, 28 Mar 2015 17:35:24 +0100 iran-nuke-negotiations-go-into-high-gear Marathon Iran nuclear talks headed on Friday towards a critical weekend as Britain said its foreign minister would join his US, Iranian and French counterparts in racing the clock to pin down a deal in Switzerland. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150327/marathon-iran-nuclear-talks-hit-critical-weekend Fri, 27 Mar 2015 18:31:22 +0100 marathon-iran-nuclear-talks-hit-critical-weekend US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Iranian counterpart held down-to-the-wire talks in Lausanne on Thursday, with US officials insisting the contours of a historic nuclear deal were in sight just days before a deadline. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150326/down-to-the-wire-iran-nuclear-talks-resume Thu, 26 Mar 2015 12:49:38 +0100 down-to-the-wire-iran-nuclear-talks-resume