Iran’s assassination plot against Israel’s ambassador to Mexico was foiled last summer, U.S. and Israeli officials confirmed, exposing the Islamic Republic’s growing network of global terror operations. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) elite Quds Force orchestrated the plan against Israeli ambassador Einat Kranz-Neiger, according to Axios.
The assassination plot was active through the first half of 2025 before Mexican security services neutralized the threat. An operative from Unit 11000 of the Quds Force—based for years out of Iran’s embassy in Venezuela—led the scheme and recruited agents across Latin America. The same unit has been linked to similar operations targeting Israeli officials in Australia and Europe.
In August, Australia expelled Iran’s ambassador, closed its embassy in Tehran, and declared the IRGC a terrorist organization, citing “credible intelligence” that Iran was behind anti-Semitic terror attacks. Austria also ramped up security for the head of the U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency following a “specific Iranian threat.”
“This is just the latest in a long history of assassination attempts by Iran around the world targeting diplomats, journalists, dissidents and anyone who disagrees with them,” a U.S. official told Axios. “Something that should deeply concern every country where there is an Iranian presence.”
Iran’s reach has also extended to the United States. A November 2024 criminal complaint revealed that IRGC agents plotted to assassinate former President Donald J. Trump, with one operative admitting Iran had spent “a significant sum of money” on the effort.
Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Oren Marmorstein vowed continued vigilance: “Israeli intelligence and security community will continue to work tirelessly … to thwart terror threats from Iran and its proxies.”
