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Iran Spy Network in Israel: Israel’s Mossad is considered the most dangerous agency in the world of intelligence agencies. Mossad has many times conducted such operations to eliminate its enemies and find out their secrets, which no one can even think of. Many a times, Mossad sends its agents to enemy countries and lays a web of espionage, which when exposed, makes people lose their ground. But now Iran has done the same in Israel.

American newspaper The New York Times has recently released a report. It has been claimed that hundreds of Iranian spies are currently working in Israel. According to the report, these Iranian spies are not from Iran or any other country, but are a community of Israeli citizens living in Israel for years. Let us tell you which community living in Israel is spying for Iran? How did Iran make him its spy? And how was this network of espionage exposed?

Which community in Israel was accused of espionage?

A new security threat has now emerged amid the long-running tension between Israel and Iran. Israeli security agencies say that Iran is trying to increase its espionage network within the country through social media. The investigation has also revealed that in some cases people from the fundamentalist Haredi Jewish community have also become part of this network, which has increased the concern of the security agencies.

Haredi Jews are considered a very religious community of Israel. Their population is said to be around 14 lakhs. This community strictly follows Jewish religious traditions. This is the same Israeli community which has been against the mandatory rule of joining the army for years. In fact, this community observes Shabbat from Friday evening to Saturday evening, during which Haredi Jews do not use any modern things like mobile, TV, computer and electricity. Apart from this, Haredis give more importance to religious studies, due to this very few people of Haredi community are able to get good jobs. Most of the people of the Haredi community are economically weak.

Increasing cases of espionage in Israel

Haredi Jews are against joining the army (Source- Social Media)

Reports say that there has been a huge increase in cases of Iranian espionage in Israel in the last one year. It has been claimed that the number of suspected spies caught in 2025 has increased by almost 400 percent as compared to 2024. In 2025 alone, 25 Israeli citizens were prosecuted on charges of spying for Iran. Due to this the security agencies have become constantly alert.

How Iran prepared its spy network

According to the report, Iranian agents contact people by creating fake accounts on social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram and X. Many times they describe themselves as journalists or members of some news organization. After the initial conversation, the person is taken to a secure platform like Telegram to make the conversation difficult to monitor and anonymous.

Iran spreads spying net on social media (AI generated image)

They initially win people’s trust by paying them for small and simple tasks, and once Israeli citizens fall into the trap laid by Iranian agents, they are asked to gather information about Israeli intelligence targets. During this time, Iranian agents keep sending them money. PayPal and cryptocurrencies are also used for payments.

Information about Iron Dome near Iran

The newspaper has mentioned several Israeli spies in Iran in its report. Like an agent who first Had worked in the Iron Dome Unit of the Israeli Army. The investigation alleges that in exchange for money, he sent photographs and videos of Iron Dome’s functioning, radar system, launcher deployment and several military bases to Iran. This matter was considered extremely sensitive for Israel’s security.

Former Israeli Energy Minister Gonon Segev is also an agent of Iran (Source- Social Media)

Interestingly, the name of former Israeli Energy Minister Gonan Segev is also included in the list of Israeli agents of Iran. Segev was Israel’s Energy Minister in 2004, but at that time he was accused of corruption and had to go to jail. After being released from jail, he was working as a doctor in Nigeria. It is alleged that during this time he came in contact with Iranian officials and shared sensitive information to Israeli energy establishments. This case had created a big controversy at the political level also.

Poverty and unemployment are also becoming the reason

Experts believe that in some cases, financial constraints are also pushing people towards such networks. Poverty rates in the Haredi community are said to be higher than in other Jewish communities. Due to greater emphasis on religious education, opportunities for modern employment remain limited. Due to low income and unemployment, some people come in contact with foreign agents in greed for money.

To deal with this challenge, the Israeli government is now taking the help of religious leaders also. Security agencies are appealing to rabbis to explain to their followers that spying for an enemy country is wrong from both a religious and national perspective.