TEHRAN
\nIran\u2019s 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\u2019s Mizan Online news agency did not name the defendant, describing him only as a \u201cdual national who lives in a European country\u201d and was arrested in Iran during the June war.
\nIt said an Iranian court has begun hearing his case, in which he is accused of \u201cintelligence cooperation and espionage in the interest of the Zionist regime\u201d. According to Mizan, the defendant entered Iran one month before the conflict, which erupted after Israel launched an unprecedented attack on Iran, striking military and nuclear sites, as well as residential areas.
\nThat attack triggered a 12-day conflict in which Iran responded with drone and missile strikes on Israel, and later saw the United States join Israel in striking Iranian nuclear sites.Mizan said investigations indicated the defendant had been in contact with Israel\u2019s Mossad spy agency and had been trained as an agent in \u201cthe capitals of several European countries and the occupied territories\u201d.
\n\u201cSophisticated espionage and intelligence equipment were found at the time of his arrest and in the villa where he was staying,\u201d it added, without elaborating. During the war, Iranian authorities announced at least three arrests of Europeans, including Lennart Monterlos, a 19-year-old French-German cyclist, who was later released.
\nIn October, Iran passed a law that toughened penalties for those convicted of spying on behalf of Israel and the United States. The official IRNA news agency reported at the time that \u201call deliberate assistance is condemned as corruption on Earth\u201d — one of the most serious charges in Iran, punishable by death.
\nSince the war, Iran has vowed swift trials for those arrested on suspicion of collaborating with Israel, announcing multiple arrests of people suspected of spying for Israel and the execution of several people convicted on such charges.
\nIran does not recognise Israel and has long accused it of carrying out sabotage operations against its nuclear facilities, as well as assassinating its scientists.
\nThe June war was the first sustained conflict between Iran and Israel after sporadic tit-for-tat strikes in 2024 that stopped short of open warfare. A ceasefire between Iran and Israel took effect on June 24.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
TEHRAN Iran\u2019s 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\u2019s Mizan Online news agency did not name the defendant, describing him only as a \u201cdual national who lives in a European country\u201d and was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":518949,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-518925","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n