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No link between Swiss FM visit, US-Iran issues: Foreign Ministry
Sep 07, 2020 08:53Iran's Foreign Ministry says there is no link between a current visit by Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis to Tehran and the issues existing between the Islamic Republic and the United States.
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FM Zarif meets with visiting Swiss counterpart
Sep 07, 2020 08:11Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif holds a first round of talks with his visiting Swiss counterpart Ignazio Cassis, who has traveled to Iran to mark the 100th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic relations.
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Swiss FM calls for boosting scientific, tourism ties with Iran
Sep 06, 2020 03:51During a visit to the city of Isfahan, Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis has underlined the need for developing scientific and tourism relations with Iran.
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Iran's Zarif slated to host Swiss counterpart on September 7
Sep 04, 2020 00:22Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is to host his Swiss counterpart next Monday, during a two-day visit by the latter to mark the 100th anniversary of Switzerland’s diplomatic presence in Iran that is also meant to address bilateral, regional, and international issues.
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Swiss FM due in Tehran to expand SHTA
Sep 03, 2020 00:28A businessman says the top Swiss diplomat is planning to visit Iran in the upcoming days to discuss how his country could expand a humanitarian channel meant to help Tehran avoid the illegal US sanctions imposed on Iran.
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First Swiss deal proved Iran funds got round US sanctions: Businessman
Jul 28, 2020 01:41An Iranian businessman says a first deal with Iran under the Swiss Humanitarian Trade Arrangement (SHTA) was a sign that funds provided by the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) had reached Swiss authorities despite US sanctions limiting any use of such finances.
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Iran contacts Swiss Embassy, warns US against harassing its airliners
Jul 24, 2020 04:35Iran has contacted the Swiss Embassy in Tehran, which protects American interests in Iran, to warn that the US would be held accountable if anything happened to a Beirut-bound Iranian passenger airplane.
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Iranian president urges more effective Swiss role against US sanctions
May 26, 2020 09:53President Hassan Rouhani urges Switzerland — which represents the US’s interests in Iran and has created a financial channel to apparently enable evasion of Washington’s sanctions — to play a more influential role in confronting the illegal, unilateral, and inhumane American bans.
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Swiss humanitarian channel not enough to meet Iran’s needs: Takht Ravanchi
May 10, 2020 12:11Iran’s permanent Ambassador to the United Nations says the trade channel launched by a Swiss bank to help the Islamic Republic use its overseas funds to procure food and medicine for its people amid the deadly coronavirus pandemic has so far failed to meet the country’s needs.
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Swiss humanitarian channel yet to process a single deal for Iran
May 08, 2020 11:41A new report published in the American media shows a Swiss trade channel much publicized by Washington as a secure way of delivering humanitarian assistance to Iran at a time of sanctions has failed to process any single deal on Iranian medicine imports.