Bnei Brak man indicted for tracking Israeli nuclear scientist Iran sought to assassinate

The State Attorney’s Office files an indictment against Asher Binyamin Weiss, a resident of Bnei Brak, on suspicion that he has acted on behalf of Iran by tracking an Israeli nuclear scientist whom the Iranian regime sought to assassinate.

Weiss has been indicted on charges of having contact with a foreign agent, passing information to the enemy and obstruction of justice.

According to the indictment, Weiss used a GoPro camera to video the scientist’s house and car. The Iranian agent sent the video footage to a young man from East Jerusalem who was tasked with assassinating the scientist.

The indictment, filed last week to the Tel Aviv District Court, also included details of acts of arson and graffiti perpetrated by Weiss, as well as putting up hundreds of posters calling for civil rebellion.