Why the New York Times story on Mossad recruiting Ahmadinejad doesn't add up

Why the New York Times story on Mossad recruiting Ahmadinejad doesn't add up Submitted by Marco Carnelos on Thu, 07/23/2026 - 20:44 A toxic figure reviled across the West, the former Iranian president is among the least plausible candidates for an Israeli regime-change plot Former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks in Tehran on 2 June 2024 (Atta Kenare/AFP) On The New York Times published an extraordinary investigation this month, asserting that Israel ’s Mossad spent years cultivating former Iranian President Ma