"Behind the scenes: The plan was hatched by the same Quds Force unit of the IRGC - the shadowy Unit 11000 - that in recent months allegedly tried to conduct attacks against Jewish and Israeli targets in Australia and Europe, according to sources familiar with the matter. It was initiated at the end of 2024 and led by a Unit 11000 operative who spent several years handling and recruiting Iranian agents across Latin America out of Iran's embassy in Venezuela,"
"Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesperson Oren Marmorstein said Israel thanks Mexico's security and law enforcement agencies for thwarting the plot. "The Israeli intelligence and security community will continue to work tirelessly, in full cooperation with security and intelligence agencies around the world, to thwart terror threats from Iran and its proxies against Israeli and Jewish targets worldwide," Marmorstein said. Israel also has a long history of assassinating Iranian officials - though not ambassadors - including in third countries."
Unit 11000 of the IRGC Quds Force allegedly hatched an assassination plan targeting an Israeli ambassador, with planning beginning late 2024. The operation was led by an operative who previously recruited Iranian agents across Latin America from Iran’s embassy in Venezuela and then returned to Quds Force headquarters in Tehran. U.S. officials said the plot was active through the first half of 2025 and was thwarted in the summer; the U.S. described the plot as contained and not posing a current threat. Iran's UN mission declined to comment. Israel thanked Mexican authorities for disrupting the plot and emphasized ongoing efforts to counter Iranian threats.
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