Switzerland, the diplomatic corridors in the crisis with Iran

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In an episode of the series 'The West Wing', a grandson of the Iranian Ayatollah needs a heart transplant in a US hospital, and the whole matter is negotiated through Swiss diplomacy. The argument is closer to reality than fiction. Washington and Tehran do not have diplomatic relations, so they negotiate through this neutral intermediary. And this role of go-between intensifies in times of tension or conflict, like the current one. When US Secre…