An indictment was filed Friday morning at the Jerusalem District Court against a reserve soldier from Jerusalem who served in the military’s Iron Dome system, accusing him of passing sensitive information to Iranian operatives in exchange for payment.
The defendant, identified as Raz Cohen, faces a series of serious security-related charges, including allegations that he maintained direct contact with hostile foreign elements and provided intelligence connected to Israel’s air defense activity.
According to the indictment, Cohen was arrested at the outset of the war and interrogated by Lahav 433 in coordination with the Shin Bet. His detention was extended multiple times as investigators built their case, culminating in Friday’s formal charges by the Jerusalem District Attorney’s Office.
Authorities allege that Cohen knowingly engaged with Iranian handlers and transferred classified or sensitive operational information.
While officials have not publicly detailed the full extent of the intelligence allegedly shared—or the payments involved—it raises concerns about potential vulnerabilities inside one of Israel’s most advanced defense systems.
The case is the latest in an escalating Iranian effort to recruit insiders, including active and former members of the security establishment, for intelligence-gathering missions. In recent months, authorities have repeatedly warned that Iranian operatives are increasingly using financial incentives to lure recruits, often through covert or indirect channels.
A similar case surfaced last year. In January 2025, prosecutors filed an indictment in Haifa against IDF reservist Yuri Ilyaspov, 22, and his associate Georgy Andreev, 21, both from Kiryat Yam, accusing them of ties to an Iranian operative and carrying out tasks on Israel’s behalf.
Ilyaspov faced a sweeping list of charges, including aiding the enemy during wartime, aggravated espionage, and transmitting information to a foreign agent, alongside additional offenses such as forgery and destruction of evidence. Andreev was charged with contact with a foreign agent and related criminal offenses.
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If guilty, lock him up forever
These can just as likely be cases of Israel feeding Iran disinformation. Because Iran can have no way of knowing whether the person they reached out to online is actually involved in operating the Iron Dome as he claims to be or the Mossad pretending to be such a person and feeding Iran disinformation to mislead them. So by naming him and putting out this story that he was arrested and is being prosecuted Iran will have “confirmation” the party they interacted with is who he claimed to be. In fact its more likely than not it was the Mossad responding to some post on social media than Iran being so lucky as to have an Iron Dome operator decide to help Iran kill Jews instead of being proud to save Jewish lives all day every day.
“… both from Kiryat Yam, accusing them of ties to an Iranian operative and carrying out tasks on Israel’s behalf.”
i doubt that last part is correct. would it get too much to ask for someone to proofread stories, and fix these rather obvious and embarrassing mistakes?
I’m not a פוסק but it seems to me that he has the דין of a רודף and thus can be put to death.