{"id":329089,"date":"2026-03-09T01:13:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T01:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/329089\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T01:13:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T01:13:16","slug":"senior-official-warns-about-global-iranian-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/329089\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior official warns about global Iranian violence"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a stark warning to Israeli travelers abroad, a senior National Security Council (NSC) official warned in a conversation with The Jerusalem Post that the Islamic Republic has engaged in an \u201cunprecedented removal of restraints\u201d regarding terror plots abroad, shifting from cautious proxy warfare to direct, \u201cdirty,\u201d and unfiltered attempts to harm Israelis<\/a> globally.<\/p>\n

The senior official described a dramatic shift in Tehran\u2019s modus operandi. Following a series of intelligence and military blows<\/a> sustained by the regime, Iran is no longer operating solely through layers of deniability.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are seeing an Iranian removal of restraints that is almost unprecedented,\u201d the official stated. \u201cNo proxies, no filters. Where they can act, they act. Whether with brazen determination or in a \u2018dirty\u2019 manner. It is a fundamental change in approach because they feel they have nothing to lose right now given what they have absorbed.\u201d<\/p>\n

As part of the heightened alert, the NSC has raised travel warnings for several countries bordering or in close proximity to Iran: Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. These join existing high-level warnings for the United Arab Emirates<\/a> and other nations in the region.<\/p>\n

The official emphasized that the threat is not limited to Iranian agents but includes a \u201cmix of efforts.\u201d Tehran is recruiting \u201canyone available,\u201d including criminal syndicates, mercenaries, Afghans, and Azeris to carry out attacks. \u201cAnyone who is available and ready to work,\u201d the official says.<\/p>\n

\"AnAn activist holds an image of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a march organised by Stop the War Coalition, calling for an end to hostilities amid US-Israeli strikes on Iran, in London, Britain, March 7, 2026. (credit: REUTERS\/Jack Taylor)<\/p>\n

The official added, \u201cSome of those killed in recent days<\/a> in Iran were planning terror attacks abroad, and the moment they were killed, the command and control capability of all the processes was disrupted.\u201d<\/p>\n

Iranian regime ‘eager for battle’<\/p>\n

The official described a regime that is \u201ceager for battle.\u201d In the past, Iran relied heavily on maintaining a safe distance from terror plots \u2013 such as the attempted attacks in Cyprus and other countries \u2013 blaming local criminals or third parties to maintain plausible deniability. That era appears to be over.<\/p>\n

The official highlighted the success of global cooperation, noting that dozens of terror attempts are thwarted annually. He emphasized that even nations with strained diplomatic relations with Israel are cooperating to prevent attacks on their soil.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a known rule that for counterterrorism, you have no enemies,\u201d the official said. \u201cEven countries that like you less \u2013 a terror attack has image and economic implications. There is a distinct interest that there will be no terror.\u201d<\/p>\n

The NSC official ended with practical, urgent advice for Israelis currently abroad or planning to travel. Beyond the state-level threat, there is a rising concern regarding \u201clone wolf\u201d attacks incited by global anti-Israel sentiment and religious fatwas (decrees).<\/p>\n

\u201cAn Israeli, wherever he is, needs extra caution these days,\u201d the official warned.<\/p>\n

He advised Israelis to avoid large gatherings at Chabad houses and kosher restaurants in sensitive areas and to avoid displaying outward signs of Israeli or Jewish identity.<\/p>\n

\u201cI recommend to any Israeli, wherever they are, [to] avoid places associated with the Jewish community and Israel. We need double caution here,\u201d the official concluded. \u201cAvoid that local \u2018crazed\u2019 individual who decides to take initiative.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a stark warning to Israeli travelers abroad, a senior National Security Council (NSC) official warned in a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":329090,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1903,42,87,53065,21453,46,60707,43,157282,157283,98,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-329089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-diaspora","tag-headlines","tag-iran","tag-irgc","tag-islamic-revolutionary-guard-corps","tag-israel","tag-national-security-council","tag-news","tag-operation-epic-fury","tag-operation-roaring-lion","tag-terrorism","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=329089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/329090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}