Mexico – The Mexican Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Security denied on Friday evening any knowledge of reports concerning an alleged Iranian attempt to assassinate the Israeli ambassador to the country, Einat Kranz Nieger. This came after a joint US-Israeli announcement that such a plot had been thwarted.
The two ministries said in a joint statement carried by the Associated Press, “The Mexican Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Security have no knowledge of an alleged attempt to assassinate Israeli Ambassador Einat Kranz Nieger in Mexico.”
The statement affirmed the Mexican government’s readiness to maintain “continuous contact with all accredited diplomatic missions.” It also noted that security cooperation with other countries is conducted “respectfully, in a coordinated manner, and within the framework of national sovereignty.”
US officials had said that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard planned to assassinate the Israeli ambassador late last year. They added that the plot “remained active until the middle of this year before being thwarted.” They confirmed that it “no longer poses a current threat.”
For its part, the Israeli Foreign Ministry announced that Israel’s security and intelligence services will continue to work “in cooperation with its partners around the world to thwart any terrorist threats from Iran and its proxies against Israeli and Jewish targets.”
In response, Tehran rejected the accusations, describing them as “false,” while its mission to the United Nations declined to comment on the details of the case.
Neither US nor Israeli authorities have provided further details on how the alleged plot was discovered or thwarted.
