Iranian plot to kill Israel’s ambassador to Mexico contained, US official says

WASHINGTON – Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps plotted to assassinate Israel’s ambassador to Mexico starting late in 2024, but the effort was contained and there is no current threat, a US official said on Nov 7.

The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the plot against the ambassador, Mr Einat Kranz Neiger, was active through the first half of 2025.

“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.”

The official declined to say how the plot was foiled or offer more details about the operation.

The United States and its allies have frequently alleged that Iran and its proxies have sought to launch violent attacks
against Tehran’s opponents.

Security services in Britain and Sweden warned in 2024 that Tehran was using criminal proxies to carry out its violent attacks in those countries, with London saying it has disrupted 20 Iran-linked plots since 2022.

A dozen other countries have condemned what they called a surge in assassination, kidnapping and harassment plots by Iranian intelligence services.

Britain’s domestic spy chief, MI5 Director-General Ken McCallum, said in October that Iran was “frantically” trying to silence its critics around the world, and cited how Australia exposed Iranian involvement in anti-Semitic plots and the Dutch authorities revealed a failed assassination attempt.

Israel has long been an Iranian target and particularly so after the Israelis engaged in an air war with Iran that included US bombers attacking Iranian nuclear sites
in June. REUTERS