The US government's allegation that Iranian agents tried to hire Mexican <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/drug_runner" class="extiw" title="en:drug runner">drug runners</a> to assassinate Saudi Arabia's ambassador in a Washington restaurant has some Middle East experts puzzled over why Iran would carry out such an attack.
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