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An Israeli man has been indicted for spying on behalf of Iran, including photographing military routes and surveilling civilians, Kann News reported Thursday, citing Israeli prosecutors.

The man, Dmitri Cohen, 28, from Haifa, is accused of maintaining contact with an Iranian intelligence operative and providing sensitive information to a hostile entity, according to the indictment filed in Haifa District Court.

Kann reported that Cohen allegedly responded to a job ad in April and was contacted by someone identifying himself as “David,” who claimed to run a private investigations firm. Prosecutors say Cohen soon suspected “David” was affiliated with Iranian intelligence but continued cooperating, completing at least six surveillance missions for $500 in cryptocurrency each.

Targets included routes to IDF bases along Highway 40, private residences, and major highways between Tel Aviv and Ashdod. In one case, he allegedly edited video footage before sending it to the handler. He used a burner phone and deleted materials after each task, Kann said.

Iran should not suspend cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency, German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said on Thursday, warning such a move would send “the completely wrong signal.”

Speaking at a press conference in Berlin alongside his Canadian counterpart Anita Anand, Wadephul said, “I urge the Iranian government not to take this path.”

His comments came after Iran’s parliament voted to suspend cooperation with the UN watchdog. Tehran has accused the agency of political bias and failing to uphold its obligations.

Centrifuges at Iran’s Fordow nuclear facility are no longer operational due to physical damage from recent US strikes, Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said on Thursday.

“Given the power of these bombs and technical characteristics of the centrifuges, we do know that they are no longer operational, simply because of the vibration, which causes considerable, important physical damage,” Grossi told Radio France Internationale. He said satellite images indicate the enrichment hall at Fordow was likely hit.

Grossi added that Iran has not responded to the agency’s request to resume inspections. “The agency’s presence in Iran is not a gesture of generosity, it’s an international responsibility,” he said, stressing that inspections are a legal obligation under the Non-Proliferation Treaty.

Iran’s parliament voted Wednesday to suspend cooperation with the IAEA. The Supreme National Security Council must still approve the move.

Iranian authorities have arrested an alleged Mossad agent in the Tehran metro, saying he was transmitting the locations of sensitive and military sites using an electronic chip, state-run IRIB reported on Thursday.

IRIB quoted a police spokesperson as saying the man was detained after officers grew suspicious of his movements.

The report said that he allegedly received instructions in Hebrew and sent location data to unknown contacts.

The suspect and his equipment were handed over to specialized police units for further investigation, the report added.

Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi has raised alarm over the fate of detainees moved from Tehran's Evin Prison after Israel's strike on the facility, saying many held in intelligence-run wards were transferred to unknown locations with no information about their condition.

“Men and women held in solitary confinement in Ward 209 were taken out of Evin in gray prison uniforms and loaded into vehicles,” Mohammadi said in a post on X. “Since then, there has been no information about the whereabouts or conditions of detainees held in Evin’s high-security wards.”

She said there has been no official word on the status of detainees from Wards 209 and 240 (run by the Ministry of Intelligence), Ward 2-A (controlled by the Revolutionary Guards), and Ward 241 (under Judiciary's Intelligence). Mohammadi warned that prisoners could have been taken to "secret or illegal detention sites, cut off from the outside world."

She added that inmates from Evin’s general wards have been relocated, with women sent to Qarchak Prison and men to Greater Tehran Prison — “both notorious for their harsh and inhumane conditions.”