Mossad, Ahmadinejad, and the plan to topple Iran’s regime - with Ronen Bergman

Did the U.S. and Israel plan to replace Iran’s regime with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad?!

A new New York Times investigation has revealed an astonishing alleged U.S.-Israeli plan behind the war with Iran: not just strikes on nuclear sites and missile capabilities, but a broader attempt at regime change, together with none other than Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Ronen Bergman joins Dan to explain how the plan was built, why Ahmadinejad became part of it, why it collapsed before it could fully begin, and what it means that the story is coming out while the war is still unresolved.

In this episode:

04:36 - Ronen’s first reaction to the Ahmadinejad story

05:54 - How Israel’s goal shifted from strikes to regime change

07:21 - Why the 12-day war left the core Iran problem unresolved

08:21 - What the Mossad plan was supposed to do in the first 100 hours

12:36 - Why Ahmadinejad was considered as an internal alternative

22:42 - The strike that was meant to free Ahmadinejad

28:24 - The plan for Kurdish forces to enter Iran, and why it never moved forward

30:48 - Who benefits from this story going public

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