Spies

UK charges two men with spying for Iran targeting Jewish communities in London

Nematollah Shahsavani, 40, a dual Iranian-British national, and Alireza Farasati, an Iranian national, 22, were charged following an investigation into their actions in north London over five weeks.

Police officers work as people gather outside the Old Bailey after British police officer Martyn Blake was acquitted of the 2022 murder of Chris Kaba, in London, Britain, October 21, 2024.
A police officer stands guard beneath a poster of Iran's former leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on March 10, 2026 in Tehran, Iran.

Iran arrests foreigner it says spied for US, Israel, and acted as proxy for Gulf countries

 Alternate Prime Minister Naftali Bennett arrives to testify at the commission of inquiry into Nahal Tzafit disaster in Tel Aviv, August 1, 2022

Iran-linked spy suspect arrested near former Israeli prime minister’s home

The flags of Israel and Iran

Teen admits to security offenses, being recruited by Iranian handler, in plea deal


Hezbollah tearing itself apart looking for internal leak that led to Shukr's elimination - report

Hezbollah has arrested some of its own members in search for how Israel found the location of its commander.

 Members of Hezbollah stand in front of an image of Fuad Shukr, a senior Hezbollah commander who was killed by an Israeli strike on Tuesday, during his funeral in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon August 1, 2024.

New spy bill in Turkey raises fears of greater limits on dissent

Turkey's new spy bill, compared to Russia's, may limit journalists and civil society, sparking fears of further curbing freedom of expression.

  Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses his supporters ahead of the local elections in Istanbul, Turkey, March 29, 2024.

Iranian media falsely claims to have ‘injured’ Israeli in Iraq attacks

Iranian media uses antisemitic tropes of an image of a rabbi to claim that a Kurdish businessman was linked to ‘Mossad.’

 Members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) attend an IRGC ground forces military drill in the Aras area, East Azerbaijan province, Iran, October 17, 2022.

UK's MI6 spy tells Russians: join us as agents to end war

"Our door is always open ... Their secrets will be safe with us and together we will work to bring the bloodshed to an end."

 A woman holds a copy of The History of the Secret Intelligence Service for photographs at its launch at the Foreign Office in central London, September 21, 2010.

Wagner revolt in Russia signals a spy recruiting opportunity, CIA says

"That disaffection creates a once-in-a-generation opportunity for us at CIA - at our core a human intelligence service," William Burns said.

 Director of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) William Burns speaks in Washington, US March 8, 2022

Parashat Shelah: Perception vs reality through the story of 12 spies

Just as the perception created by the promoter in Herzl’s story defeated the reality of a mediocre singer, so did the perception created by the 10 spies defeat reality.

 PRESIDENT ZALMAN SHAZAR (R)  (author of the poem ‘Where Are You, Caleb?’) meets with German chancellor Konrad Adenauer (later successor of Otto von Bismarck) in Jerusalem, 1966.

Parashat Shelah: The age of pessimism

Our descent into gloomy pessimism was caused by loss of faith – both in God and in ourselves.

 HALF EMPTY or half full?

Germany's search for new spies curbed by applicants' work-from-home needs

Want to work from home? Being a spy might not be for you, in that case.

 What does it take to be a great spy? (Illustrative)

FBI says it has sabotaged hacking tool created by elite Russian spies

The official identified the FSB hackers behind the malware with a notorious hacking group known as "Turla."

 Cyberattack on a smartphone. Beware of downloading spyware (Illustrative).

Jerusalem dentist convicted for spying for Hezbollah

One Jerusalem resident had reached out to a released terrorist living in Lebanon and sought to work for Hezbollah.

A Hezbollah fighter stands at a watch tower at Juroud Arsal, the Syria-Lebanon border