U.S., Israel eyed Ahmadinejad as Iran’s leader in regime change plan: NYT
The reported plan aimed to install a more pliable Iranian leader after the strikes, but officials said the effort collapsed when Ahmadinejad was wounded.
- 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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