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Fearing Iranian Threats, Israel Warns Its Citizens Not to Go to Turkey

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Iranian soldiers in Tehran, Iran, on September 22, 2018. Photo/Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu Agency

TEL AVIV – Israel warns its citizens against traveling to Turkey because of Iranian threats after the assassination of a Revolutionary Guard colonel.

Tehran accuses Israel of masterminding the assassination of Colonel Sayyad Khodaei.

Colonel Sayyad Khodaei was shot dead by two motorcyclists east of the capital Tehran a week ago.

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Iranian news sites said the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) arrested members of the Israeli intelligence network soon after the assassination.

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Israel’s National Security Council Counter-Terrorism Bureau said the risk to Israeli citizens had increased.

“Turkey is a country with a high level of risk for Israeli citizens today,” the bureau wrote in a statement issued by the office of Israeli Prime Minister (PM) Naftali Bennett.

“The warning stems from the real threat to Israel in Turkey and countries bordering Iran,” the warning said.

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