Tehran [Iran], November 11: Iran has branded accusations from the United States and Israel that it was hatching a plot to assassinate the latter's ambassador to Mexico as "ridiculous".
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei told reporters on Monday that Tehran believes Israel is trying to damage its "friendly relations" with other countries through an "absurd allegation".
Unnamed US and Israeli senior officials told news outlets late last week that the Quds Force, the external operations arm of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), plotted to assassinate Israeli envoy Einat Kranz Neiger beginning in late 2024 and remaining active into mid-2025.
The plot was contained and does not pose a current threat, the officials said, without offering any evidence. Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs then released a statement thanking the Mexican security and law enforcement services for "thwarting a terrorist network directed by Iran that sought to attack Israel's ambassador to Mexico".
"The Israeli security and intelligence community will continue to work tirelessly, in full cooperation with security and intelligence agencies around the world, to thwart terrorist threats from Iran and its proxies against Israeli and Jewish targets worldwide," a ministry spokesman said.
However, Mexico's foreign relations and security ministries have since denied knowledge of such an incident. In a joint statement, they said they have "no report with respect to a supposed attempt against the ambassador of Israel in Mexico".
Source: Qatar Tribune
