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Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Overturning previous ruling, top court convicts woman on charge of spying for Iran
An Israeli woman has been convicted on a charge of spying for Iran, after the Supreme Court overturned a previous ruling by a district court exonerating her of the charge.
The woman was accused of maintaining contact with an Iranian agent between 2014-2018, and of providing him information, including photographing various sites in Israel. The man presented himself as an Iranian bachelor interested in Judaism, but prosecutors say the woman suspected that he was working for the regime in Tehran.
The Jerusalem District Court had in 2023 convicted the woman of contact with a foreign agent, but cleared her of the charge of conveying information that may benefit the enemy.
The case was one of several related to the agent in question, which led to accusations against a number of Israelis.
The Times of Israel Community.