According to the indictment, Rafael and Lala Guliyev, both from the city Lod He is about 32 years old, with “tasks of collecting intelligence information about security sites and infrastructure in IsraelIn addition to tracking down an academic in a security research center with the intention of harming her.”
It is also believed that Rafael “was also asked to find a killer,” without specifying who was targeted.
Rafael carried out surveillance missions on security sites in Israel, including the headquarters of the intelligence service (Mossad), and collected information about an academic working at the Institute for National Security Studies,” according to security officials.
He is said to have received assistance from his wife in a number of tasks.
The indictment did not reveal whether the couple was motivated by financial or ideological reasons.
An Israeli internal security official says:Shin BetThe investigation revealed “once again the efforts of the Iranian intelligence services to recruit and exploit Israelis, in order to enhance espionage and terrorist activity in Israel.”
According to the Times of Israel newspaper, the couple was recruited as part of Iranian efforts to recruit Israelis from the immigrant community from the Caucasus region, where the couple is said to have been recruited by an Israeli of Azerbaijani origin.
