Iran’s judiciary said Monday that a dual national arrested during the recent 12-day war with Israel has been referred to trial on charges of spying for the enemy.

The judiciary’s Mizan Online news agency did not name the defendant, describing him only as a “dual national who lives in a European country” and was arrested in Iran during the June war.

Iran does not recognize dual nationality and tries holders of its passport based on Iranian law.

The judiciary said a court had begun hearing his case, in which he is accused of “intelligence cooperation and espionage in the interest of the Zionist regime.”

According to Mizan, the defendant entered Iran one month before the conflict, which erupted when Israel launched an unprecedented attack on Iran, striking military and nuclear sites, as well as top commanders and scientists in residential areas. Israel said it was acting to thwart an immediate existential threat from Iran’s nuclear program and that Tehran had been taking concrete steps toward assembling an atomic bomb.

The attack triggered a 12-day conflict in which Iran responded with drone and missile attacks on Israeli military sites and cities, and later saw the United States join Israel in striking Iranian nuclear sites.

Mizan said investigations indicated the defendant had been in contact with the Mossad spy agency and had been trained as an agent in “the capitals........

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