Police and Shin Bet arrested during the month Yaakov Perl (49), a dual Israeli-American citizen who has lived in Morocco in recent years, on suspicion of committing various security offenses involving contact with Iranian entities and carrying out missions under their direction. This was reported in a statement from the Shin Bet. The investigation revealed that during 2017, while Perl was living in Morocco, he made telephone contact with the Iranian embassy in Morocco and requested asylum for himself and his family members.

