The newest episode began last Friday, when US and Israeli media outlets circulated reports alleging that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) plotted to assassinate Israel’s ambassador to Mexico, Einat Kranz-Nieger, a plot was allegedly foiled last summer.

According to Axios, US officials claimed that the plan was hatched by Unit 11000 of the IRGC’s Quds Force, which, in recent months, has allegedly targeted Israeli and Jewish interests in Europe and Australia. The report claimed that the operative said to be in charge supposedly spent years at Iran’s embassy in Venezuela, recruiting and directing Iranian personnel across Latin America before returning to Tehran.

The Iranian embassy in Mexico denied the report on X, on Saturday, calling it “media fabrications and a blatant lie aimed at harming the historic and friendly relations between the two great nations, Mexico and Iran.” It added that “Mexico’s security and reputation are inseparable from Iran’s. We would never betray the trust granted to us by the Mexican government.” Iran’s UN ambassador Saeid Iravani likewise dismissed the allegations as “worn-out claims not worthy of a response.”

Yeah what else can you say about the American drivel lately