A Swiss national detained in Iran on espionage charges has killed himself at a prison in rural Semnan province. That's according to a state media report Thursday.

Friday's launch took place at Iran's Imam Khomeini Spaceport in rural Semnan province, 220 km east of the capital Tehran. Iran's civilian space programme is being developed in the area ...

According to local reports, prison officials stepped in to rescue the Swiss national at the Semnan prison, some 180 kilometres (110 miles) east of Tehran. But their efforts were in vain.View on eurone ...

TEHRAN, Iran — A Swiss national detained in Iran on espionage charges killed himself Thursday at a prison in rural Semnan province, state media reported. The report by the Iranian judiciary’s ...