Jerusalem: Former Israeli minister Gonen Segev went on trial on Thursday on charges of spying for Iran. He was also convicted for drug smuggling. As per the police sources, Segev, 62, was arrested last month after being extradited from Equatorial Guinea. He was suspected of committing offences of assisting the enemy in war and spying for Iran against Israel.
Segev who served as energy and infrastructure minister from 1995 to 1996 allegedly began working as an Iranian agent after he was recruited. He has been charged with “espionage against the State of Israel, assisting the enemy in time of war and passing information with the intention of harming state security”.
It is told that Segev provided Iran with information related to the energy market, security sites in Israel, buildings and officials in political and security bodies. Segev has previously served prison time on criminal charges.