U.S., Israel eyed Ahmadinejad as Iran’s leader in regime change plan: NYT
U.S. officials said Ahmadinejad was seen as a pragmatist who could manage Iran’s politics and military after 1 Israeli strike wounded him.
- According to officials, the United States and Israel developed a plan called 'Operation Epic Fury' to install former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as a pragmatic leader to replace the current regime.
- An Israeli Air Force strike on Ahmadinejad's home in Tehran was actually a 'jailbreak' attempt to free him from house arrest rather than an assassination, associates told The New York Times.
- Washington viewed Ahmadinejad as a potential leader due to his 2019 praise of President Donald Trump as a 'businessman' capable of calculating 'cost-benefits,' despite threatening to 'wipe Israel off the map' during his presidency.
- The plan stalled after Ahmadinejad was wounded during the strike, and his condition remains unknown, though Mossad Director David Barnea allegedly told associates the operation 'had a very good chance of succeeding.'
- White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly did not address the regime change report directly, stating the military 'achieved all its objectives' and negotiators are working to 'end Iran's nuclear capabilities for good.
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Report: U.S., Israel eyed Ahmadinejad as Iran’s leader in regime change plan
The U.S. and Israel may have entered into the war with Iran with a regime change plan in mind that would put Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran’s former president and a fierce critic of the U.S. and Israel, as a surprising potential successor, The New York Times reported.
For eight years, the hardliner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was Iranian President. His controversial re-election in 2009 triggered major protests among the population. Israel and the USA wanted to install him as a new strong man in Iran after a media report.
Former mayor of Tehran, he was head of the Republic from 2005 to 2013, when he severely repressed the Green Wave. He denied the Holocaust and presented himself ...
The "New York Times" reports that Washington wanted to install the controversial ex-president in Tehran after the end of the war. Ahmadinejad was probably injured in US-Israeli attacks, no trace of him. He planned his political comeback time and again.
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