Gonen Segev: former Israeli cabinet minister ‘spied for Iran’

Energy and infrastructure minister had previously been jailed for importing drugs

Former Israeli cabinet minister Gonen Segev is accused of spying for Iran
Gonen Segev has been arrested on suspicion of espionage
(Image credit: 2004 AFP)

A former Israeli cabinet minister has been arrested on suspicion of spying for Iran, according to Israel’s Shin Bet security agency.

Gonen Segev, 62, who served as energy and infrastructure minister in the 1990s, was “recruited and acted as an agent on behalf of Iranian intelligence”, Shin Bet says.

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