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Mossad head removes two officials over unimplemented plan for Iran regime change
The Jerusalem Post • • world
Key Points:
- Mossad Director Roman Gofman has removed two senior officials, including the head of the Intelligence Directorate and the head of the Iran division, over a failed plan to replace Iran’s regime, according to N12.
- The officials, who had poor working relationships with Gofman, were responsible for a secret Mossad-CIA proposal involving Kurdish ground forces and Iranian minorities to overthrow Iran’s leadership under US and Israeli air support.
- The plan reportedly aimed to install former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the new leader, with Israel and the US collaborating on the operation, which began to fail immediately.
- The operation included an Israeli airstrike on Ahmadinejad’s Tehran residence intended to kill his guards and facilitate his release from house arrest, but it ultimately did not succeed.
- Despite their removal from current posts, the two officials may remain in other Mossad roles as part of a broader agency reorganization.
