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Israel's secret plan for Ahmadinejad

2026-07-13 17:57:49Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

The Israeli secret service, Mossad, conducted a covert operation for years to cultivate relations with former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, with the aim of him playing a key role in a regime change scenario in Iran.

This is stated in an investigation published by the New York Times, which quotes American and Iranian officials aware of the operation.

According to the report, the efforts culminated in late February of this year, in the early days of the war between Israel and Iran, when Mossad organized an operation to remove Ahmadinejad from Tehran and take him to a safe location.

The newspaper writes that the plan failed, after the former Iranian president withdrew from cooperation and later left the place where he was being held. Currently, according to sources cited by the NYT, he is under house arrest under the supervision of the intelligence of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

The investigation alleges that contacts between Mossad and Ahmadinejad began several years ago and included secret meetings during his visits to Budapest in 2024 and 2025.

The newspaper writes that former Mossad director David Barnea also attended one of these meetings.

According to the report, Israel considered Ahmadinejad a figure who could lead Iran in the event of the fall of the current regime. At the same time, the operation also envisaged support for Kurdish opposition groups operating in northern Iraq, a plan that also did not materialize.

The New York Times writes that, after leaving the presidency, Ahmadinejad had softened his public rhetoric and expressed ambitions to return to power.

According to the newspaper's sources, he had told close associates that, if he were to return to the helm of Iran, he would be willing to recognize Israel and normalize relations within the framework of the Abraham Accords.


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