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US Citizen Charged with Iran Espionage in Israel
An American citizen in Israel, named Eli Lafon (21 years old), has faced charges of communicating with a foreign agent working for Iranian intelligence and transferring information and images to support espionage activities. This is the first case in which an American citizen has been detained in Israel amidst a wave of espionage cases directed against Iran. Lafon received hundreds of dollars in cryptocurrency in exchange for carrying out tasks such as photographing buildings and commercial shops. Since June 2023, he has been charged with two counts of communicating with a foreign agent and 14 counts of transmitting information to benefit the enemy, after he attempted to utilize digital communication platforms in espionage operations.
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