Iran-Switzerland Relations

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Iranian-Swiss relations are foreign relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Switzerland.

Switzerland has had a consulate in Tehran since 1919 which was raised to the status of embassy in 1936 and also represents the interests of some countries including United States and South Africa in the Iranian capital Tehran.

As a child, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran attended Institut Le Rosey, a Swiss boarding school, completing his studies there in 1935.

Switzerland becomes the "protective power" of the United States in Iran after the Iranian Revolution of 1979.

Beginning in 1984, victims of the Iran-Iraq War received medical treatment in Switzerland, while Swiss companies were doing multi-billion dollar business with Iraq at the same time.

After the severe earthquakes of 1997 and 2003, Switzerland helped to rebuild the infrastructure.

Cooperation on the national level to prevent natural catastrophes was initiated in 2006.