Event Brief
Israel sought to cultivate Ahmadinejad as an intelligence asset
Filed: Jul 13, 2026 at 10:05 PM ET
Summary: Israel’s years-long effort to groom Mahmoud Ahmadinejad culminated in an attempt to take him to a Mossad safe house in Iran.
WHO: Israel’s intelligence services (Mossad)
WHAT: Attempt to take Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to a Mossad safe house in Iran after grooming him as an intelligence asset
WHEN: Jul 13, 2026 at 9:40 PM ET
WHERE: Iran
WHY: The effort to groom Ahmadinejad as an intelligence asset culminated in an attempt to move him to a Mossad safe house in Iran in the early days of the war.
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