Al Jazeera Follow US and Israel planned to install Ahmadinejad as Iranian leader, NYT says
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Source: Al Jazeera
The United States and Israel went into war on Iran intending to replace the regime’s leadership with hardline former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, The New York Times reported.
Quoting US officials who were briefed on the “audacious plan”, the newspaper said things “quickly went awry”, and Ahmadinejad’s “current whereabouts and condition are unknown”.
After the killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, US President Donald Trump mused that it would be best if “someone from within” Iran took over the country, the Times reported.
“To say that Mr Ahmadinejad was an unusual choice would be a vast understatement,” the newspaper said.
Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/us-israel-planned-install-ahmadinejad-102725865.html
Wasn't he part of the takeover of the US Embassy in '79?
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