A man from Tajikistan holding a Russian passport was recently arrested on suspicion of spying on Israel on behalf of Iran and working to recruit additional spies, authorities announced Thursday.

A joint investigation by the police, Shin Bet and Defense Ministry found that Behrouz Sobirgon, a Tajik citizen in Israel, was in contact with an Iranian handler starting in January, with most of his “security activity” taking place during the recent war with Iran, a statement said.

During the war, Sobirgon “sought to help Iran achieve operational successes and advance its objectives in the international arena against the State of Israel,” it added.

The investigation found that Sobirgon was approached with “a seemingly innocuous job offer,” but he “quickly realized that it had been made by an Iranian agent and nevertheless maintained contact.”

The missions he carried out for the Iranian handler included “documenting and transferring the locations of Iranian missile impact sites” during the Iran war, providing coordinates of the Azrieli Towers in Tel Aviv, sending a photo of the Haifa Port, and attempting to photograph a “sensitive security facility” in northern........

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