A senior employee at the Swiss embassy in Tehran died in a 'tragic accident' on Tuesday after falling from a high-rise building where she lived in the north of the city.
The 51-year-old diplomat was the embassy's first secretary, the second-highest ranking employee,a spokesman for emergency services was quoted as saying by the semi-official news agency Mehr.
She lived on the 18th floor of the building in the affluent district of Kamranieh where she fell to her death, the semi-official ILNA news agency said.
The Swiss foreign ministry in Bern confirmed the news on Tuesday.
'The FDFA (ministry) confirms that a Swiss employee of the Swiss Embassy in Tehran died in a fatal accident on Tuesday', a statement said.