Tel Aviv, June 30 -- Israeli prosecutors filed an indictment against a Rishon LeZion resident accused of aiding an Iranian agent during wartime, authorities announced Sunday.

Dennis Liakhov, 30, was charged in the Central District Court in Lod with contact with a foreign agent and providing intelligence to an enemy during a time of conflict. According to the indictment, filed by Prosecutor Assaf Harlofsky, Liakhov established contact on Telegram with an Iranian operative who tasked him with gathering information inside Israel in exchange for digital payments.

The indictment states Liakhov began carrying out assignments for the Iranian agent while he was living in Latvia, before returning to Israel.

In one instance, he was instructed to...