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‘Big lie’: Iran debunks US-Israel assassination claims in Mexico
"It is a media invention, a great big lie, whose objective is to damage the friendly and historic relations between both countries (Mexico and Iran), which we categorically reject," Iran’s Embassy in Mexico posted on X.
Israeli and US officials claimed on Friday that Mexican authorities with assistance from the US and Israeli intelligence agencies thwarted an alleged plot by Iran to assassinate the Israeli ambassador to Mexico.
The plot to kill Ambassador Einat Kranz Neiger is alleged to have been hatched at the end of last year and remained active through the middle of this year, when it was disrupted, the US officials claimed.
However, Mexico’s foreign relations and security ministries issued a brief joint statement late Friday saying that “they have no report with respect to a supposed attempt against the ambassador of Israel in Mexico.”
The foreign ministry “reiterates its willingness to maintain fluid communication with all accredited diplomatic representations in our country,” the statement said. The security ministry “reaffirms its respectful and coordinated collaboration, always within the framework of national sovereignty, with all security agencies that request it.”
“Iran and Mexico share identical interests. Mexico's security and reputation are also Iran's security and reputation. We will never betray the trust the Mexican government has placed in us,” the Iranian Embassy said.
“This is not the first time they have tried to damage Iran's relations with other countries through fake news,” the embassy added.