Overview
- Axios, citing unnamed U.S. and Israeli officials, reported that IRGC Quds Force Unit 11000 planned to assassinate Israeli envoy Eynat Krantz-Nayger and that Mexican security services disrupted the effort in summer 2025.
- An Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesperson publicly thanked Mexican authorities for dismantling what he described as Iran-directed terrorist infrastructure and preventing an attack.
- Mexico’s Foreign Affairs Ministry and its Security and Citizen Protection Ministry issued a joint statement saying they have no information about any attempted assassination.
- Iran’s embassy in Mexico rejected the allegations as a media fabrication that it said aims to harm Mexico–Iran relations.
- Axios also reported alleged recruitment through Iran’s embassy in Venezuela and said the purported organizer returned to Iran, while no public evidence has been presented to verify the claims.