Inside Israel’s Secret Operation to Cultivate Ahmadinejad

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The New York Times has published an explosive investigative report revealing that Israel's intelligence services spent years cultivating former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as a high-value asset and a potential transitional leader following a future regime change in Tehran.

According to the intelligence disclosure, Israeli operatives regularly met with Ahmadinejad on foreign soil, utilizing academic conferences and events in countries like Hungary to mask their highly sensitive, clandestine meetings.

The long-term operation reached its climax during the direct 2026 Israel-Iran war.

Following a precision Israeli airstrike on his residential complex, a specialized team of Mossad operatives successfully extracted Ahmadinejad from Tehran, moving him to a pre-established safehouse inside Iranian territory as part of a broader, orchestrated regime-change blueprint.

The high-stakes operation ultimately collapsed after Ahmadinejad abruptly vanished from the safehouse under unverified circumstances. Iranian state officials have since announced that the former president is currently held under strict house arrest after security agencies fully uncovered his alleged treasonous ties to Israeli intelligence.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/13/us/politics/israel-mahmoud-ahmadinejad-iran.html

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/report-ahmadinejad-met-mossad-chief-under-israeli-plan-to-install-him-as-irans-leader-is-now-under-arrest/

Ex-Iran president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said to be under house arrest over reported Israeli contacts

Former Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been placed under house arrest by the country’s notorious Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps following a failed Israeli plot to install him in pla…

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