In Israel, an ex-minister was sentenced to 11 years in prison for spying for his country's main enemy Iran, with prosecutors saying the plea bargain was necessary to avoid revealing secret information.<br />''<br />''<br />''Gonen Segev, who served as energy and infrastructure minister from 1995 to 1996, had previously agreed to a plea bargain on charges of serious espionage and transfer of information to the enemy.<br />''<br />''<br />''Court hearings were held in secret due to the nature of the case.<br />''Prosecutor Geula Cohen confirmed to journalists outside the Jerusalem district court that the judge had accepted the plea bargain and issued the sentence.<br />''<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Cohen said, he admitted having given information to the Iranians over five years.</span><br />