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A US official said on Friday said Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps plotted to assassinate Israel’s ambassador in Mexico, but the threat was contained. The Iranian Embassy in Mexico said the accusation was ”entirely false”.
By Reuters November 8, 2025, 11: 21: 42 AM IST (Published)
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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps plotted to assassinate Israel’s ambassador to Mexico starting late last year, but the effort was contained and there is no current threat, a US official said on Friday.
Mexico’s government said later in the day it had “no information regarding an alleged attack against the Israeli ambassador to Mexico.”
The US official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the plot against the ambassador, Einat Kranz Neiger, had been active through the first half of this year.
“The plot was contained and does not pose a current threat,” the official told Reuters. “This is just the latest in a long history of Iran’s global lethal targeting of diplomats, journalists, dissidents, and anyone who disagrees with them, something that should deeply worry every country where there is an Iranian presence.”
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The official declined to say how the plot was foiled or offer more details about the