...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...
amid concrete Iran
...Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979...plot.
According to the reports, the men were detained with a rifle, two pistols, silencers and ammunition on July 14 and were brought before a court Thursday to have their remand extended.
The reports come a month after Israeli officials issued an urgent appeal to all its citizens to leave Istanbul immediately, and reconsider non-essential travel to other parts of Turkey, warning that Iranian agents were ready to kidnap or kill Israelis there as Tehran seeks Dire Revenge for the slayings of officers blamed on Israel.
The men reportedly tried to target Israeli tourists staying at a hotel near Istanbul’s Taksim Square.
Tensions between Israel and Iran have intensified in recent months, after the liquidation of an Iranian officer in Tehran,
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s against Iran-linked targets in Syria, threatening rhetoric from Iranian leaders and Iran’s increasing violations of nuclear agreements.
Last month the Mossad spy agency and its local counterparts managed to thwart three Iranian attacks targeting Israeli civilians in Istanbul, a security bigshot briefing Hebrew media said at the time. The account came a day after
The Mossad chartered a private aircraft to immediately bring the pair and others in Istanbul back to the country, Hebrew reports said. The name of the diplomat was not released.
According to the official, the Mossad also managed to thwart two other plots against Israelis in Istanbul, with the tourists escaping the country at the "last possible second."
He said the raids were carried out in coordination with
Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson Saeed Khatibzadeh has said that Israeli claims that Tehran is targeting Israelis in Turkey are "baseless" and part of a "pre-designed scenario to destroy relations between the two Moslem countries."