STANDARD
INTELLIGENCE
UNVERIFIED
Report: Alleged Israeli Covert Regime Change Plot Involving Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Jul 13, 2026 09:23 AM CT
Budapest, Hungary
intelligence,covert operations,regime change,Iran,Israel,Mossad
Summary
Reports indicate a long-term Israeli intelligence operation aimed at regime change in Iran, involving meetings between Mossad officials and former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Hungary. The alleged plot sought to install Ahmadinejad as a leader to destabilize the current Iranian government. This highlights the depth of covert intelligence competition between Israel and Iran, though it represents a retrospective revelation rather than an immediate tactical escalation.
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NYT cites US officials, sources as saying yearslong regime change plot involved at least 2 meetings with Mossad in Hungary, as Israel looked to prop up anti-Israel Holocaust-denier The post Report: Ahmadinejad met Mossad chief under Israeli plan to install him as Iran leader appeared first on The...
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Times of Israel
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Actor Responses
Israel
NEUTRAL
Allegedly conducted a covert regime change plot involving meetings with a former Iranian leader to destabilize the current Iranian government.
Iran
NEUTRAL
Subject of alleged Israeli intelligence operations aimed at internal political destabilization and leadership replacement.