JERUSALEM (AA) – The trial of Gonem Segev, a former Israeli government minister accused of spying for Iran, will begin Thursday in Jerusalem, according to Israeli media reports.
“Segev is accused of aiding the enemy [i.e., Iran] during a time of war [and] spying and transferring secret information to the enemy,” Israeli daily Haaretz reported Wednesday.
The newspaper went on to assert that Segev was alleged to have provided Iranian intelligence officers with “dozens” of intelligence reports.
“Segev, the indictment claims, worked for the Iranian intelligence services from 2012 and met with his operators in a number of countries and allegedly knew the information [he was providing] was intended to help Iran and harm Israel,” Haaretz wrote.
According to the newspaper, the indictment further accuses Segev of flying to Iran to meet with Iranian intelligence officers who he provided with sensitive information.
The information he supplied, Haaretz wrote, “helped Iran locate [Israeli] bases and key institutions in Israel's defense establishment”.
Last month, Israel’s Shin Bet security agency announced the arrest of Segev — who served as energy and infrastructure minister from 1995 to 1996 — on charges of spying for the Islamic republic.
