In 1919 Switzerland opened a consulate in Tehran , which in 1936 was upgraded to an embassy.
The nationalization of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company , decided by Iran in 1951 , led to a conflict with the Commonwealth of Nations . From 1952 until Operation Ajax in 1953, Switzerland was the protective power of Australia and Canada in Iran .
From 1954 to 2001 the respective ambassador in Tehran was also accredited to the respective government of Afghanistan. Even after the occupation of Afghanistan by the Red Army , the Swiss government maintained its relationship with the government of Babrak Karmal in Kabul .
Since May 21, 1980, after the hostage-taking of Tehran , the embassy has housed the Foreign Interests Section , in which America is doing good offices for the United States. This office was headed by Wilhelm Schmid until 1982, Ernst Iten from 1982 to 1985 and Marco Kämpf until February 2009.
On September 17, 1981, an explosion damaged the embassy entrance door and windows. A group that describes itself as Armenian claimed to have been the originator of the attack, in which no one was injured.
Appointment accreditation
Surname
Remarks
appointed by
accredited during the government of
Leave post
1936/02/03! February 3, 1936
Armin Däniker
Envoy
Albert Meyer
Reza Shah Pahlavi
1945/00/00! 1945
1945/02/09! February 9, 1945
Charles-Edouard de Bavier
Chargé d'affaires, envoy from February 25, 1947
Eduard von Steiger
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
1951/00/00! 1951
1951/06/22! June 22, 1951
Alfred Escher
Eduard von Steiger
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
1954/00/00! 1954
1954/09/17! 17th September 1954
Roy Anton Ganz
Rodolphe Rubattel
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
1959/00/00! 1959
1959/03/13! March 13, 1959
Arturo Marcionelli
Paul Chaudet
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
1963/00/00! 1963
1963/03/29! March 29, 1963
Max King
Willy Spühler
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
1970/00/00! 1970
1970/02/04! 4th February 1970
Daniel Gagnebin
Hans-Peter Tschudi
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
1974/00/00! 1974
1972/00/00! 1972
Paul Stauffer
Chargé d'affaires
Hans-Peter Tschudi
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
1974/00/00! 1974
1975/09/30! September 30, 1975
Charles-Albert Wetterwald
Pierre Graber
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
1978/00/00! 1978
1978/07/01! July 1, 1978
Erik-Roger Lang
Willy Ritschard
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
1981/07/31! July 31, 1981
1981/11/01! November 1, 1981
Paul Stauffer
Kurt Furgler
Ali Khamenei
1983/12/31! December 31, 1983
1984/00/00! 1984
Serge François Salvi
Leon Smurf
Ali Khamenei
1986/00/00! 1986
1986/12/01! 1st December 1986
Heinrich Reimann
Alphons Egli
Ali Khamenei
1989/10/31! October 31, 1989
1989/00/00! 1989
Anton Greber
Jean-Pascal Delamuraz
Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
1993/00/00! 1993
1993/00/00! 1993
Rudolf Weiersmüller
Adolf Ogi
Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
1999/00/00! 1999
1999/00/00! 1999
Tim Guldimann
Ruth Dreifuss
Mohammad Chātami
2004/08/01! August 1, 2004
2004/08/01! August 1, 2004
Philippe Welti
Joseph Deiss
Mohammad Chātami
2009/01/15! January 15, 2009
2009/01/15! January 15, 2009
Livia Leu Agosti
Hans-Rudolf Merz
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
2013/07/01! Early July 2013
2013/07/01! July, 1st 2013
Giulio Haas
Didier Burkhalter
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
2017/08/26! 26th August 2017
2013/07/01! 27th August 2017
Markus Leitner
Didier Burkhalter
Hassan Rouhani
literature
Daniela Meier: Helvetia's good relationship with the peacock throne: Relations between Switzerland (1946–1978) , 2002, p. 307
Web links
Individual evidence
^ Marc Perrenoud: Iran. In: Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz .; Der Spiegel , December 12, 2010, Switzerland imposed itself on the USA as Iran mediator ; Switzerland has withdrawn the diplomat responsible for US relations with Iran from Tehran. Blick (newspaper) , February 9, 2009, [1]
^ Marc Perrenoud: Däniker, Armin. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
^ Marc Perrenoud: Escher, Alfred (from the glass). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
^ Marc Perrenoud: Ganz, Anton Roy. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
↑ Werner Hagmann: Stauffer, Paul. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
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