The report aired today says the Swiss ambassador was summoned over a US Supreme Court decision to permit the families of victims of a 1983 bombing in Lebanon and other attacks linked to Iran to collect nearly USD 2 billion of frozen funds from Iran.
Iran and the US have not had diplomatic relations since 1979, when Iranian students stormed the embassy and took 52 Americans hostage for 444 days. The Swiss diplomat was summoned to convey Iran's protest to the Americans.