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Iran police probe Swiss diplomat's death after 'fall'

Iran police probe Swiss diplomat's death after 'fall'

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Iranian police have announced an investigation into the death of aSwissdiplomatwhose body a rescue official said was found Tuesday morning at the foot of a tower block.

"Specialised police units are in the process of examining" the circumstances around the death of a "52-year-oldSwisscitizen employed by theSwissembassy in Tehran," the national police said in a brief online statement.

Iranian emergency services spokesman Mojtaba Khaledi said the diplomat's body was found by a gardener after an employee who arrived at her apartment early on Tuesday noticed she was missing, the news agency Fars reported.

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Khaledi saidthat thediplomatlived in the tower block and had fallen from the seventeenth floor.

Switzerland's foreign ministry confirmed that "aSwissemployee of theSwissEmbassy in Tehran died in a fatal incident on Tuesday".

TheSwissembassy in Iran was in touch with local authorities over the matter, the ministry added.

TheSwissembassy handles US interests in Iran, since ties between Washington and Tehran were cut in the aftermath of the 1979 Islamic revolution.

(With inputs from agencies)