Financial Times:

An Israeli man has been charged with spying on Iran’s behalf, including allegedly demanding $1mn to carry out surveillance for an assassination plot against the country’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or other senior figures, the Shin Bet security agency said.

The unnamed businessman, identified in Hebrew media reports as a Jewish man in his 70s, was smuggled into Iran from Turkey twice, including once hidden in the cabin of a truck, the Shin Bet said. He was arrested in August.

The Shin Bet said the man met Iranian intelligence agents who tried to recruit him to carry out surveillance to aid in killing Netanyahu or other senior officials — including the head of the Shin Bet or former prime minister Naftali Bennett — as retaliation for the assassination of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran this year, which was blamed on Israel.

The Israeli businessman demanded $1mn to carry out those tasks. He received €5,000, the security agency said.

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