US accuses Iran of attempting to assassinate Israel's ambassador to Mexico

"The United States on Friday accused Iran of plotting to assassinate Israel's ambassador to Mexico, Einat Kranz Neiger. According to senior U.S. officials who spoke to several national media outlets, Iran's Revolutionary Guard allegedly began planning the attack late last year, but the plot was contained and does not pose a current threat. The operation that foiled the assassination attempt, described anonymously by those officials, took place before the summer."

"According to Axios, the plot bore the signature of Unit 11000, which for years has recruited agents sympathetic to Iran's regime across Latin America. The same outlet reported that the plan was allegedly conceived from Iran's embassy in Venezuela. British media also reported that by late 2024, Western intelligence agencies had uncovered a suspected assassination plot linked to Hasan Izadi, a senior officer in Iran's Quds Force, the overseas branch of the Revolutionary Guard."

"The U.S. has long warned that Iranian authorities maintain an extensive overseas network particularly in Latin America ready to strike U.S. and Israeli targets. This is just the latest example in a long history of assassination attempts by Iran around the world against diplomats, journalists, dissidents and anyone who disagrees with it - something that should raise deep concern in any country where there is an Iranian presence, said one U.S. official."

U.S. officials accused Iran's Revolutionary Guard of planning to assassinate Israel's ambassador to Mexico, Einat Kranz Neiger, with planning said to have begun late last year. U.S. sources said the plot was contained and did not pose a current threat, and the operation that foiled the attempt took place before the summer. Israel thanked Mexican security services for thwarting a terrorist network allegedly directed by Iran. Reports linked the plan to Unit 11000 and said it was allegedly conceived from Iran's embassy in Venezuela. British and Western agencies connected the plot to Hasan Izadi of the Quds Force. Mexican officials declined to comment.

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