{"id":513854,"date":"2025-11-11T08:21:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T03:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=513854"},"modified":"2025-11-11T08:21:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T03:21:00","slug":"us-claim-on-plot-to-kill-israeli-ambassador-absurd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/us-claim-on-plot-to-kill-israeli-ambassador-absurd\/","title":{"rendered":"US claim on plot to kill Israeli ambassador \u2018absurd\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> TEHRAN<br \/>\nIran on Monday dismissed accusations by the United States that Tehran had attempted to kill the Israeli ambassador in Mexico, describing the claim as \u201cabsurd\u201d. \u201cWe found this claim very ridiculous and absurd,\u201d said Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei during a weekly press briefing, adding that it was part of an attempt to destroy Iran\u00b4s friendly relations with other countries.<br \/>\nFollowing Washington\u2019s accusation on Friday of the assassination attempt, Israel\u2019s foreign ministry thanked Mexican authorities \u201cfor thwarting a terrorist network directed by Iran\u201d. But Mexico\u2019s foreign ministry later said it had \u201creceived no information\u201d on the alleged plot, and Iran\u2019s embassy in Mexico called it \u201ca great big lie\u201d.<br \/>\nA US official alleged that Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps\u2019 elite Quds Force initiated the plot in late 2024 and that it was disrupted earlier this year. The alleged plot involved recruiting operatives through Iran\u2019s embassy in Venezuela, whose leftist president, Nicolas Maduro, maintains a tactical alliance with Tehran.<br \/>\n\u201cThe entire matter was fabricated,\u201d Baqaei said on Monday.In mid-June, Israel launched an unprecedented bombing campaign against Iran, triggering a 12-day war during which the US briefly joined with strikes on Iranian nuclear sites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TEHRAN Iran on Monday dismissed accusations by the United States that Tehran had attempted to kill the Israeli ambassador in Mexico, describing the claim as \u201cabsurd\u201d. \u201cWe found this claim very ridiculous and absurd,\u201d said Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei during a weekly press briefing, adding that it was part of an attempt to destroy 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