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Israel spent years cultivating former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as part of a failed plan to install him as Iran’s new leader during this year’s war, the New York Times reported on Monday, citing American, Israeli and Iranian officials familiar with the operation.
According to the report, Israeli intelligence maintained secret contacts with Ahmadinejad, including meetings in Budapest during trips to Hungary in 2024 and 2025 that were arranged under the cover of academic conferences. Former Mossad chief David Barnea was among those who met Ahmadinejad in the Hungarian capital, the newspaper said.
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