Inside Israel’s Secret Operation to Cultivate Ahmadinejad

The yearslong effort to groom the former Iranian president as an intelligence asset culminated in a dramatic effort to take him to an Israeli safe house in the early days of the war. But the plan fell apart.

By Mark Mazzetti, Julian E. Barnes, Farnaz Fassihi and Ronen Bergman

Israel courted Iran’s former hardline president for post-regime role, reports claim

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad reportedly wooed by Mossad agents after distancing himself from Khamenei Middle East crisis live – latest updates Israel tried to recruit Iran’s intensely anti-Zionist former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to lead a new post-Islamic regime in Tehran, even going as far as sending its top spy to Budapest to meet him, according to media reports. The remarkable quest to turn a leader who had denied the Holocaust and called for Israel’s erasure began in 2022, according to repo...

By Robert Tait

How Israel's Mossad tried to recruit Iran's former president Ahmadinejad; what happened next

Israel's Mossad reportedly sought to recruit Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for regime change. Secret meetings and financial aid were allegedly provided to the former Iranian president. An attempted extraction from Tehran failed after Ahmadinejad grew dissatisfied with the plan. Iranian authorities later placed Ahmadinejad under house arrest after uncovering his alleged contacts. No official confirmations have been issued by either involved nation.

By TOI World Desk

Fmr. Iranian president under house arrest after regime uncovers ties to Israel, Mossad - report

For years, Israel conducted a covert operation aimed at recruiting former Iranian president Ahmadinejad as an intelligence asset and, at a later stage, even planned to install him as Iran’s leader.

How Mossad allegedly planned to topple Iran’s clerical regime using Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as a “Trojan Horse”

The Mossad chief’s first meeting with the former Iranian president in Budapest, under the cover of a climate change conference – His alleged recruitment, his extraction from his compound at the start of the war, and how the plan ultimately unravelled – He is now said to be living in isolation under heavy guard The post How Mossad allegedly planned to topple Iran’s clerical regime using Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as a “Trojan Horse” appeared first on ProtoThema English.

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