The police and Shin Bet announced on Friday that an IDF reservist serving in the Iron Dome air defense system was recently arrested and indicted on charges of spying for Iran.

A joint investigation by the police’s Unit for International Crime Investigations and the Shin Bet found that the reservist, 26-year old Raz Cohen from Jerusalem, was in contact with Iranian intelligence agents for about a month, and provided information about Iron Dome and other military sites to his handler during that time.

These included passing sensitive security information to the Iranian agent during December 2025, including details about how Iron Dome works, locations of Israeli Air Force bases, and the locations of Iron Dome batteries.

The indictment, served to the Jerusalem District Court on March 18, makes clear that Cohen was fully aware he was working with an Iranian agents.

He received the equivalent of $1,000 in cryptocurrency in return for the information he passed to his handler, before he cut off contact with him in February this year.

Cohen has been charged with assisting the enemy during a war, transmitting information to the enemy with the intent to harm state security, and transmitting information to the enemy which is likely to assist the enemy.

The sentence for assisting the enemy during a war provided in the penal code is life in prison or the death penalty, although the courts do not implement the death penalty.

According to the indictment, Cohen performed his compulsory military service between 2019 and 2022 in the IAF’s Aerial Defense Array, and served as a command and control technician and a launcher in the Iron Dome system.

He performed reserve duty following his compulsory service in the same role, and served in the unit following the October 7, 2023 Hamas invasion, during the 12-day war with Iran in June 2025, and in the run-up to the current........

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