DUBAI: In the early stages of the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, officials explored a plan to reinstall former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, according to US sources qouted by the New York Times. The proposal, developed by the Israeli’s, included a high-risk strike intended to free Ahmadinejad from house arrest in Tehran, as well as the use of Kurdish forces and the bombing of energy infrastructure to force regime collapse. Ahmadinejad, who served as Iran’s president from 2005 to 2013, built his reputation on deeply adversarial positions toward both Israel and the United States.

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The United States and Israel reportedly explored a regime-change plan in Iran after Israeli strikes allegedly killed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and several top officials in the…