Swiss Ban Arms Exports to US During Iran War Over Neutrality

Ordnance on trailers near a US Air Force Rockwell B-1B Lancer bomber.

Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg

Switzerland will temporarily stop exports linked to any new US arms and ammunition orders, citing its tradition of neutrality amid the Iran war.

“Exports of war materiel to the US cannot currently be authorized,” the government said on Friday, citing the country’s involvement in the “international armed conflict” in the Middle East.