Iran dismisses as “ridiculous” claims made by Israel’s foreign minister that Iran was planning attacks in Turkey. Foreign ministry spokesman says baseless allegations are part of a pre-designed plot to destroy relations. Tensions have ratcheted up after a string of high-profile incidents that Tehran has blamed on Israel. Iran dismissed as “ridiculous” claims made … Read more
Israel last week urged its citizens to leave Turkey because of the “real and immediate danger” coming from Iran. It is still keeping Istanbul at its highest level of travel warning while putting the rest of Turkey on the second-highest alert. The two countries are also probing the prospects of reviving an abandoned gas pipeline … Read more
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps appoints Mohammad Kazemi as its new intelligence chief. The Guards’ chief Major General Hossein Salami also appoints Taeb as his personal adviser. Iran and Israel have been engaged in a years-long shadow war but tensions have ratcheted up recently. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran said in a … Read more
The eight were arrested at three homes in Istanbul’s popular Beyoglu neighbourhood. Iran has blamed Israel for the murder of Revolutionary Guards Colonel Sayyad Khodai. The reported detentions are likely to come up during Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid’s visit to Ankara. ISTANBUL: Turkey nabbed eight people suspected of working for an Iranian intelligence group … Read more
Israel’s Foreign Minister Yair Lapid urges Israeli citizens in Turkey to leave. He cites reports of Iranian operatives planning attacks on Israelis in Istanbul. Tehran has accused Israel of carrying out a series of assassinations. Yair Lapid, Israel’s Foreign Minister, urged Israeli citizens in Turkey to leave “as soon as possible” amid reports that Iranian … Read more
The head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards accused “Zionists” of assassinating a colonel earlier this month in Tehran, according to the Guards’ official website. Colonel Sayyad Khodai, 50, was fatally shot outside his home in Tehran’s east on May 22 by assailants on motorcycles. According to official media, he was shot five times. According to an … Read more
President Ebrahim Raisi warned on Monday that Iran will avenge the killing of a Revolutionary Guards colonel who was shot dead in Tehran. Assailants on motorcycles fired five bullets at Colonel Sayyad Khodai as he sat in his car outside his home on Sunday. Iran blamed “elements linked to global arrogance,” the Islamic republic’s term … Read more
Gunmen killed a member of Iran‘s Revolutionary Guards on Sunday, in Tehran’s east, according to state news agency IRNA. According to IRNA, “Sayyad Khodai… was assassinated during a gun attack carried out by two motorcyclists in Tehran’s Mohahedin-e Eslam Street.” The agency referred to him as a “defender of the sanctuary,” a term used to … Read more
