The main targets of these Iranian agents were mainly civil servants and researchers at various research institutes.
References to citizens were made through the use of fake profiles impersonating known Israeli citizens, with the aim of gathering information about Israeli policy, civil servants, and Israeli citizens. The impersonation was of people known to those citizens who contacted them or were in contact with them, both professionally and personally.
The first contact by an Iranian official began with a message to the "Linkedin" profile of the Israeli citizen, and then the conversation moved to be conducted via email. READ MORE