Tehran summons Swiss envoy over US ‘irresponsible’ missile claim

Iran summoned the Swiss ambassador on Tuesday to condemn an “irresponsible” claim by the US ambassador to the UN that Tehran supplied a missile fired at Saudi Arabia from Yemen on November 4, Tasnim news agency reported. The Swiss embassy represents US interests in Tehran, where Washington has had no mission since 1980. “Iran’s strong protest at [Nikki] Haley’s baseless and provocative claim was conveyed to the Swiss ambassador,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi said, as cited by Reuters. Haley on Thursday presented pieces of what she said were Iranian weapons supplied to the Iran-aligned Houthi militia in Yemen.