Spy games gone wild
This reads like a political thriller script. The irony of Ahmadinejad, of all people, being courted by Mossad is staggering. Wonder if he'd have actually gone through with it.
Israel’s ex-Mossad spy chief met Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to groom him as Iran’s new leader
The former president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, met former Mossad spy chief David Barnea in Budapest, Hungary, in 2024 and 2025 as Israel attempted to groom the hardline politician to become the new Iranian leader in the event of regime change in Tehran.