Iran said on Friday that Israeli Foreign MinisterYair Lapid’s accusation of an Iranian plot to harm Israelis in Istanbul was “ridiculous” and aimed at damaging Iranian-Turkish relations. At a news conference in Ankara on Thursday, Lapid thanked his host Turkey for helping abort a suspected Iranian plot against Israelis in Istanbul and said the effort was still underway. Authorities apprehended eight people allegedly working for an Iranian intelligence cell during a raid on houses across Istanbul’s popular Beyoglu district, local media reported. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Saeed Khati…