Jerusalem man to be charged with spying for Iran

A young man from Jerusalem is set to be indicted on espionage charges, police announce, after he was arrested on suspicion of working for an Iranian intelligence agent.

Authorities arrested the 21-year-old on March 26 and submitted a prosecutor’s declaration against him this morning, signaling the pending indictment.

Over the course of 2025, the suspect allegedly gathered intelligence in different locations throughout the country. He bought video equipment for this purpose, police say.

Like most Israelis nabbed on suspicion of spying for Iranian interests, the suspect allegedly met his contact online and was paid by him in cryptocurrency.

The suspect was “aware that he was working on behalf of a hostile actor,” police say.