Switzerland's Ambassador to Tehran Giulio Haas on Thursday called Iran a 'pole of stability' in the Middle East and urged his country's companies to make the most of a lucrative market about to re-open after years of crippling sanctions.
Ambassador Haas was addressing some 500 Swiss business people as Europeans race back to Iran, whose markets and oil will be much easier to tap once sanctions are lifted, under a global deal struck last month.
The Swiss envoy's remarks came as AB Gallery in Lucerne, Switzerland will host an extensive exhibition series dubbed 'Made in Iran' which focuses on the fascinating and capturing diversity of the Iranian contemporary art scene.
The exhibition will be inaugurated on Saturday August 29, the website of the gallery announced.
Iranian artists including Sara Abbasian, Ali Esmaeillou, Sahand Hesamiyan, and Azadeh Razaghdoost will present their works of art in different fields such as human beings, grotesque depictions, Islamic architecture as well as painting influenced by the poets of the 19th century such as William Blake or Charles Baudelaire.