Prosecutors say the suspects gathered information for the Islamic Republic and planned an assassination, as part of a broader effort to recruit Israelis for attacks.
State prosecutors on Thursday indicted three Israeli citizens on charges of carrying out missions for Iranian intelligence, including a foiled plot to assassinate a senior Israeli figure.
According to one of the indictments, Yoni Segal, 18, and Omri Mizrahi, 20, both from Tiberias, maintained contact with Iranian agents from mid-May until their arrest on June 15.
The two are accused of gathering intelligence on Israeli shopping malls and hospitals—documenting entrances, security measures and emergency exits at sites in Haifa, Tiberias and Tel Aviv—at the request of their handlers. Prosecutors allege that Segal and Mizrahi were promised hundreds of thousands of shekels in cryptocurrency and relocation to Iran if they carried out the planned assassination. The suspects were arrested while preparing to travel abroad for weapons training, after which they were to receive their target’s identity.