WANA (Oct 04) – An Israeli man has been sentenced to three years in prison for allegedly cooperating with Iran, according to the Hebrew-language newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth.

 

The newspaper reported on Sunday that the 30-year-old Israeli, a former security guard at the Beersheba court, was convicted of having contact with a foreign agent and sentenced to three years in prison.

 

According to Yedioth Ahronoth, the sentence was issued over the man’s contact with an Iranian agent about two years ago.

 

Earlier in August, Israeli prosecutors also filed an indictment against two teenagers, aged 14 and 16, from the northern city of Kiryat Motzkin near Haifa, charging them with carrying out intelligence-gathering and recruitment tasks for an operative linked to Iranian intelligence.

 

According to the indictment submitted to the Haifa Juvenile District Court, the two teens acted jointly in exchange for financial compensation. Their assigned tasks reportedly included photographing sensitive sites, painting graffiti, and attempting to recruit other youths for similar assignments.