Tel Aviv, June 26 -- Bashar Hassan Qassem Musa, 22, a resident of Deir al-Asad (an Arab village in the Galilee) and a student of information systems at Ben-Gurion University, was arrested this month on suspicion of committing security offenses involving contact with Iranian intelligence elements and carrying out missions directed by them.

His arrest came as part of a joint operation by the Shin Bet (Israel's anti-terror General Security Service) and the Northern District Commander of the Israel Police. An indictment will be filed against him.

The Shin Bet and police investigation revealed that, for several months, Bashar had been in contact with an Iranian official and had carried out missions under his direction.

In the meantime, he h...