The State Prosecutor's Office today (Friday) filed an indictment in court against seven residents of Haifa and the north who ran an Iranian spy cell for about two years, attributing to them security offenses of assisting the enemy in war and providing information to the enemy, and asked that they be detained until the end of the proceedings.
The intensive investigation that began with the exposure of the affair revealed that the seven defendants operated as part of an organized squad recruited by an Iranian agent, and spent a prolonged period of about two years collecting information and photographing military facilities and bases, including air force bases in Nevatim and Ramat David, the Kirya camp in Tel Aviv, Iron Dome battery sites, and more.
The main defendant and the head of the cell is Aziz Nisanov (43), who was in contact with the Iranian handlers and worked to add other members to the cell. The second defendant is Alexander Sadikov (58), who served as Nisanov's deputy, and was actually responsible for managing the squad and dividing the tasks and paying among its members.
The third defendant was a minor who served as the main executor in the photography missions and sending the products to the Iranian operators. Another minor defendant engaged in photography missions, sending products and receiving money from the Iranian agent. The other defendants in the case are Yigal Nissan (20), son of defendant Nisanov, Vyacheslav Goshchin (46) and Evgeny Joffe (47).
* Channel 14 contributed to this article.