TEHRAN: Iran has strongly denied fresh accusations from the United States claiming Tehran plotted to assassinate the Israeli ambassador in Mexico. The Iranian Foreign Ministry dismissed the allegations as “ridiculous” and “absurd,” calling them a political attempt to damage Iran’s diplomatic relations.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei, speaking at a weekly press conference, said the allegations were fabricated and aimed at undermining Iran’s ties with other nations. The statement came after Washington accused Iran on Friday of directing an assassination attempt through the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force.
Israel’s foreign ministry publicly thanked Mexican authorities for disrupting what it called an Iranian-backed terrorist network. However, Mexico’s own foreign ministry stated it had received no official information regarding any such plot. Iran’s embassy in Mexico also rejected the claims, calling them “a great big lie.”
According to a US official, the alleged plan was initiated in late 2024 and involved recruiting operatives through Iran’s embassy in Venezuela, a country whose president, Nicolás Maduro, maintains close ties with Tehran.
Iran insists the entire narrative was fabricated. The tensions come months after Israel carried out an unprecedented bombing campaign against Iran in June, which triggered a 12-day conflict and briefly pulled the United States into strikes on Iranian nuclear sites.
A ceasefire between Iran and Israel has remained in effect since June 24.
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