(AhlulBayt News Agency) - A former Israeli cabinet minister, once imprisoned for trying to smuggle ecstasy pills, has been charged with spying for Iran, according to security officials in Israel.
Gonen Segev, who had been living in Nigeria, was arrested during a visit to Equatorial Guinea and extradited to Israel in May on suspicion of "committing offenses of assisting the enemy in war and spying against the Israel", the Shin Bet security agency said on Monday.
It added that Segev, an Israeli energy minister in mid-1990s, acted as an agent for Iranian intelligence and relayed information "connected to the energy market and security sites in Israel including buildings and officials in political and security organisations."
The Shin Bet said Segev, 62, put some Israelis involved in the security sector in contact with Iranian intelligence agents, introducing the Iranians as businessmen.
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Gonen Segev, who had been living in Nigeria, was arrested during a visit to Equatorial Guinea and extradited to Israel in May on suspicion of "committing offenses of assisting the enemy in war and spying against the state of Israel", the Shin Bet security agency said on Monday.
It added that Segev, an Israeli energy minister in mid-1990s, acted as an agent for Iranian intelligence and relayed information "connected to the energy market and security sites in Israel including buildings and officials in political and security organisations."
The Shin Bet said Segev, 62, put some Israelis involved in the security sector in contact with Iranian intelligence agents, introducing the Iranians as businessmen.
