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An Iranian plot to assassinate Israel’s ambassador to Mexico has been foiled, officials revealed Friday.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps reportedly tried to kill the ambassador late last year, but that attempt was neutralized, Reuters reported, citing a US official.
“We thank the security and law enforcement services in Mexico for thwarting a terrorist network directed by Iran that was trying to attack the Israeli ambassador to Mexico,” Israel’s Foreign Ministry told Fox News on Friday.
“The Israeli security and intelligence community will continue to work tirelessly to thwart terrorist threats from Iran and its proxies against Israeli and Jewish targets around the world, in full cooperation with security and intelligence agencies around the world.”
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Einat Kranz Neiger, Israeli Ambassador to Mexico (Gerardo Vieira/Nurfoto via Getty Images)
The plot to target Ambassador Einat Kranz-Neiger “has been contained and poses no ongoing threat,” a US official told Reuters.
“This is the latest incident in a long history of Iran targeting diplomats, journalists, dissidents and anyone who disagrees with them, which should deeply concern every country where there is an Iranian presence,” the official reportedly said.
Commanders and members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps meet with Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, Iran, August 17, 2023. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Reuters)
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Further details about the plot were not immediately clear.
An activist from a pro-Palestinian group burns a poster with an Israeli flag outside the embassy in Mexico City, Mexico, on February 11, 2025. (Gerardo Vieira/Nurfoto via Getty Images)
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Security services in Britain and Sweden warned last year that Iran was leaning on criminal proxies to carry out attacks, with Britain claiming to have disrupted 20 plots linked to Iran since 2022, Reuters also reported.
