Einat Kranz Neiger, Israeli ambassador to Mexico, seen outside the Israeli Embassy in Mexico City on October 22, 2023. NurPhoto/NurPhoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images

An elite Iranian military unit plotted to assassinate the Israeli ambassador to Mexico, according to a US official familiar with the matter.

The plan, hatched by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force, was initiated at the end of 2024 and was active through the first half of this year, said the official who spoke on the condition of anonymity. The plan has since been contained and no longer poses a security threat, the official added.

It is among a string of plots by Tehran to target government officials, journalists and dissidents abroad.

Israel’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement thanking Mexico “for thwartin

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