MATTHEW LEE and DAVID KLEPPER.

Israeli and U.S. officials say Mexican authorities with assistance from the United States and Israeli intelligence agencies thwarted what they say was a plot by Iran to assassinate the Israeli ambassador to Mexico. The U.S. officials say 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 officials say “the plot was contained and does not pose a current threat.” The Israeli Foreign Ministry on Friday thanked Mexican security services for “thwarting a terrorist network directed by Iran that sought to attack Israel’s ambassador in Mexico.” Iran’s mission to the U.N. said it had no comment.