The Surprising Figure Marked: How the Iranian Regime Change Plan Unraveled
Israel and the U.S. marked Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as a surprising candidate to lead Iran after the regime's fall. An Israeli strike intended to free him from house arrest wounded him, and the plan to replace…
Assessment
A previously unreported Israeli-American plan to install Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as Iran's post-regime leader unraveled when an Israeli strike meant to free him from house arrest instead wounded him. The episode reveals a covert dimension of regime-change thinking by Israel and the United States, and raises questions about operational coordination and miscalculation. Further details on Ahmadinejad's current condition and whether the plan has been abandoned entirely remain to emerge.