Iran-Switzerland Relations
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May 25,2022Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian headed to Switzerland on Wednesday to attend the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting 2022 which started on May 22. -
August 09,2021Iran-Switzerland trade relations have been growing in recent years despite unilateral sanctions imposed by the United States on the Islamic Republic. Iran’s imports from Switzerland stood at 672,...
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February 20,2021Head of the Iran-Switzerland Joint Chamber of Commerce says with a new government in the United States "sensitivities" toward the Iran-Switzerland financial channel has declined. The trade...
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February 19,2021President Hassan Rouhani said Tehran and Bern can boost bilateral cooperation to an appropriate level through increased activities by the economic and financial committees formed by the two...
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December 29,2020Head of the Iran-Switzerland Chamber of Commerce says the Swiss trade channel, known as the Swiss Humanitarian Trade Agreement (SHTA) can be used to remove hurdles to import vaccines to fight Covid...
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September 07,2020Switzerland’s Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis said Bern continues to stand by Tehran to help it address the economic challenges arising from the United States’ tough sanctions.
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September 06,2020Switzerland’s visiting foreign minister said he would make all-out efforts to improve bilateral relations and int
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September 05,2020Switzerland’s foreign minister arrived in Iran on Saturday to hold discussions with Iranian authorities on a range of issues, including the Swiss financial channel that aims to help Iran avoid...
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July 22,2020The Swiss government's payment channel for humanitarian goods to Iran, known as Swiss Humanitarian Trade Arrangement (SHTA), is plagued by delays, raising concerns about the viability of the move...
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May 26,2020President Hassan Rouhani urged Switzerland to improve the efficiency of a financial mechanism it has established for trade with Iran so that Tehran can unlock part of its frozen overseas assets.
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May 10,2020Iran's permanent representative to the United Nations said the Swiss channel for humanitarian trade with Iran is unable to address the needs of the nation while the country is facing sweeping...
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March 09,2020The Central Bank of Iran will decide about using the payment channel devised by the Swiss government for sending humanitarian goods to Iran, head of the Iran-Switzerland Joint Chamber of Commerce...
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March 08,2020A Swiss channel to export food and medicine to Iran without running foul of US sanctions is off to a good start, with dozens of companies keen to take part, a senior Swiss government official said...
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March 02,2020In a delayed response to the humanitarian trade channel between Iran and Switzerland coming into full effect, governor of the Central Bank of Iran said its effect should be seen in practice. “It...
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February 28,2020The United States and Switzerland formally launched a humanitarian trade channel on Thursday that will allow companies to trade food, medicine and other critical supplies with Iran.
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February 05,2020Tehran seems unimpressed and also pessimistic over the newly-created Swiss payment channel aimed at delivering humanitarian goods to Iran. First Vice President Es'haq Jahangiri on Tuesday said...
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February 04,2020The Central Bank of Iran has made available $4 billion in foreign currency to importers of medicine and medical equipment in the last ten months. This amount "is 2,000 times more than the value of...
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January 31,2020The governor of the Central Bank of Iran said Switzerland's payment mechanism unveiled this week for delivering humanitarian supplies to Iran is not enough, as it does not cover bank transactions...
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December 17,2019Switzerland’s ambassador in Tehran invited water officials to join his country’s water diplomacy initiative dubbed as “Blue Peace”. Markus Leitner made the call in a meeting with Qasem Taqizadeh...
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December 13,2019A humanitarian channel for food and medicine export to Iran should be launched in the coming months, senior Swiss and US officials told Reuters, helping supply Swiss goods to the Iranian people...
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October 29,2019The Swiss Federal Council adopted a dispatch on a protocol to the double tax agreement (DTA) with Iran on Oct. 23, which implements the minimum standards for such agreements.
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October 15,2019Switzerland’s ambassador to Iran paid a visit to Tehran Stock Exchange on Tuesday and rang the opening trading bell. Markus Leitner and his accompanying delegates were briefed by TSE Managing...
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August 03,2019Iran traded 40,377 tons of non-oil goods worth $28.2 million with Switzerland during the first Iranian month (March 21-April 20), registering an 89.54% and 82.56% decline in tonnage and value...
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February 03,2019The Swiss government is moving ahead with plans to unveil a humanitarian payment channel for Iran through complex negotiations with different parties in Iran, the US and Switzerland. The channel...
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January 30,2019The long-awaited Swiss payment channel for processing food and medicine trade with Iran has been given the finishing touches to become operational, a member of board of representatives of Tehran...
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