"This morning, a Swiss citizen committed suicide in the Semnan prison. This Swiss citizen had been arrested by the security agencies for spying ... and their case was being investigated," Mohammad Sadegh Akbari said.
The Swiss Embassy in Tehran is in contact with the local authorities to clarify the circumstances of the death in an Iranian prison," FDFA spokesperson Pierre-Alain Eltschinger wrote in the email, adding officials were assisting the deceased's relatives.
Efforts to save him were unsuccessful," Mizan quoted Mohammad Sadegh Akbari, the head of the province's justice department, as saying.
Switzerland plays an important intermediary role between the United States and Iran. The central European country has served as the protecting power for Washington since it ended its diplomatic relations with Tehran after the 1979 US Embassy seizure in support of the Iranian revolution and hostage crisis.
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