US State Department issues 'do not travel' blanket covering Iran, Yemen and Lebanon The US State Department has issued a serious Level 4 'Do Not Travel' advisory through its Bureau of Consular Affairs social media channels, warning US citizens against traveling to several West Asian countries including Iran, Syria and Lebanon due to heightened security risks and escalation in regional military conflicts. TravelGov's official statement emphasized that the Level 4 designation, the US government's highest threat category, is assigned based on local conditions and Washington's limited ability to provide consular assistance or emergency evacuation services to Americans in those areas. "This place is dangerous. "Don't go for any reason," the Foreign Ministry warned, regulating bans on blankets covering Iran, Syria and Lebanon, as well as Yemen and Iraq.