EXPOSED: How Israel's Regime Change Plot FAILED

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Jul 15, 2026
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad allegedly met with the Israelis as early as 2023 to conspire against the regime. Cenk Uygur and Elliot Morgan discuss on The Young Turks. Do you agree with TYT's take? Tell us what you think in the comments below.
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AI GeneratedA New York Times report reveals that former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, once a fierce enemy of Israel, was recruited as a Mossad asset to facilitate regime change. While the official narrative suggests a sudden ideological shift due to political disillusionment, some argue he may have been an Israeli agent all along to provoke Western military intervention.
A shocking story out of
the New York Times.
It turns out Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,
the radical Iranian leader from
back in the day, who said we
should wipe Israel off the map,
is working with Israel.
Wait, what?
What in the world is going on here?
Well, Elliot's going to tell you
the story, and then I have a theory
to add on top of the story as to
what actually happened here.
Excellent.
Interesting, so tell us, Elliot.
All right, well,
as you might recall, so
earlier this year, Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and
the Mossad convinced Donald Trump
that if they waged war in Iran,
then they could inspire a popular
revolution that would then topple
Iran's current regime, and they
could be replaced with a pro-Western
leader.
So it has been widely assumed that
Reza Pahlavi, former Iranian
crown prince, is who Israel and
the US would install as Iran's new
leader, but that is not the case.
We have learned that Israel has
spent years trying to
turn Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,
Iran's former president,
into their asset.
Ahmadinejad governed as a hardliner
who called for the eradication of
Israel and even presided over mass
executions of Iranian descendants.
But after he left office,
Ahmadinejad transformed into more
of a moderate.
This is at least partly because
Iran's rulers would not let
Ahmadinejad run for president
again.
Ahmadinejad told a handful of his
closest associates and
confidants about his ambitions to
become Iran's future leader with
the help of foreign powers,
according to an associate in his
close circle who spoke on
the condition of anonymity to
describe private discussions.
Ahmadinejad became disillusioned
with the Islamic Republic system
after he was disqualified to run
for president three times,
the associate said, and concluded
that he could not ascend to power
as long as the current system
remained in place.
Israeli intelligence agencies were
closely following the brewing rift
between Ahmadinejad and
the Iranian regime during this
period, according to two Israeli
defense officials familiar with
intelligence assessments at
that time.
Ahmadinejad was reportedly going to
recognize Israel if installed as
president.
It's also currently unknown when
the Mossad first contacted
Ahmadinejad.
However, it is alleged that
Ahmadinejad met with the Israelis
in 2023, and the New York Times
confirmed that Ahmadinejad met with
the Israelis in 2024 and in 2025.
What's even more stunning, though,
than the scheme itself,
is how the whole thing just
completely fell apart.
This is per the Times.
On February 28th,
an Israeli airstrike hit
Ahmadinejad's compound,
targeting the building of his body
guards and his armored vehicle.
After the strike, according to four
senior Iranian officials,
a black Peugeot car arrived,
picked up Ahmadinejad, and
whisked him away at high speed
from the chaotic scene.
American and Iranian officials,
with knowledge of the operation,
said the car had been driven by
Mossad operatives who took
Ahmadinejad to a secret safehouse
in Iran.
But the former Iranian leader was
upset about the frantic rescue
operation, and he appeared to
be disillusioned about the Israeli
plan to return him to power,
according to people with knowledge
of what occurred.
Ahmadinejad is reportedly now under
house arrest for
conspiring with the Israelis.
All of this seems like a pretty
insane revelation.
Cenk, I want to know what your
theory is here.
Yeah, so, wait a minute.
This guy who said let's wipe
Israel off the map,
the Holocaust never happened.
And they crack down on dissidents,
and all of a sudden would
recognize Israel, and
would be totally pro-Israel.
Now look, the official story is,
he was disillusioned.
And because he wanted power,
he decided that he was going to
change all of his views overnight
and go with the Israelis.
And somehow that would help,
yes, the Israelis could install
him as their puppet, right?
And then he would probably crack
down on dissidents a billion times
more, etc.
So that's the official story,
because the Israelis saw an opening
when he was disillusioned, and
then they reached out to him at
that point, right?
Here's my story, my guess,
my theory.
No, he was working with the
Israelis the whole time.
And that's why they reached out to
him now, and
we're all puzzled by that.
But they thought it was the most
logical thing because he'd been
their guy on the inside
the entire time.
In fact, that's why he was
disqualified from some of
the elections, because the Iranians
caught on to the fact that he was
working with the Israelis, and
had him under house arrest,
because they thought he was
working with the Israelis.
Now, why would the Israelis want
a leader of Iran saying that to
wipe them off the map?
Well, because Netanyahu and
the Israeli government has been
trying to get us to attack Iran for
the last 30 years.
Now, we've shown those clips over
and over again on the show,
where Netanyahu comes and says,
they're weeks away from a bomb.
We've got to attack them now.
He says that, yes, back in 2005,
2010, 2013, the whole time
Ahmadinejad is in charge.
So Netanyahu is saying,
they're building a bomb.
And then conveniently,
here comes Ahmadinejad saying,
I like denying the Holocaust.
That's so random, right?
That's like to me, I remember when
he said that I was like,
is this for an American audience?
Because nobody in Iran cares about
that, they care about the current
situation, right?
That's like a conspiracy theory
about how the Holocaust didn't
happen, that's, again,
kind of relevant in these circles.
In Iran, they don't like Israel
anyway, and they don't,
it just seems so out of place.
And so, Elliot, Mossad had bragged
about how they were among
the protesters in this round, right?
And they said,
we're in the streets with you.
And we showed those, I don't know
why they said it in public,
but they did.
And then, so that was in
the beginning before the second
round of attacks on Iran.
Now there's the new pro-Iranian
regime marches.
And in those, I believe Mossad was
again in the streets.
So they're saying kill Trump,
that makes, I get it, right?
We kill their leaders,
they want to kill Iran, Trump.
Could that be organic?
Sure, of course, I could be organic
from people who are upset in Iran.
But then they had signs saying,
kill Ben Shapiro and Laura Loomer.
I'm like, they know them in Iran?
That's a weird sign, right?
And then they had a sign that said,
kill Miriam Adelson.
They know the funders?
They know the AIPAC funding list?
And then they had a sign saying,
kill Mark Dubowitz.
And neocon,
no one's ever heard of.
I'm like, it's Mossad doing
the signs, right?
So now, but
that gives you their mindset.
They think that everybody knows
what they know.
They love Mark Dubowitz, so
they assume the Iranians would want
to kill Mark Dubowitz, who they've
never even heard of, right?
So they think, I bet those
conspiracy theorists, anti-Semites,
would deny the Holocaust.
So they're like, hey,
Ahmadinejad, deny the Holocaust,
right?
And in the West, that'll make
people really angry, right?
So it doesn't affect anybody in
Iran, but in the West, how dare he
deny the Holocaust, right?
And say you're going to wipe us off
the map, you're an existential
danger to us.
So America has to attack you.
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So if you wanted to attack Iran,
you would want a leader who says
the most outrageous things,
both about Israel and America.
And that's exactly what
Ahmadinejad did.
Yeah, what you're saying
makes sense.
I mean, it sounds plausible,
because when I was reading
the New York Times article,
I was like, how does a leader go
make that kind of a 180,
simply because he's angry at
the Iran leaders?
That doesn't make any sense to me.
I understand if you have a family
member who changes their mind about
a particular issue, but
you're talking about a leader who
is doing one of the most dramatic
shifts in their opinion ever, and
all of a sudden it's just, and
then he's all this, and then he
just decides actually I'm freaked
out by this and
I'm not going to do it.
And I know that in my mind with a
lot of this stuff, I assume that
there's a level of like,
this stuff is closed down.
They know exactly what they're
going to do.
They're thinking about this from
every possible angle, and
then they freak Ahmadinejad out,
and he just drops out of it, and
now he's on house arrest.
So I think what you're saying does
make sense, and it at least makes
a little more sense of that
New York Times article.
Yeah, one last thing on it, guys.
So think about it.
The New York Times says that what's
more plausible is that this guy
went from hating Israel and
wanting to destroy it to wanting to
be their loyal servant and
do whatever they want in Iran.
Okay, so that's one theory, and
I would call that the conspiracy
theory, right?
The other theory is, what did
Israel want from Ahmadinejad when
he was in charge?
To seem like a crazed radical who
we had to get under control
militarily, otherwise, Israel and
America would be endangered, right?
And he would say the most
anti-American things back then.
That's what Israel wanted back
then. What do they want now or
when the war began?
They want him to be a puppet who's
for regime change and
then support Israel afterwards.
Well, that's a more plausible
theory, because in both of
the instances, a guy who we now
know was definitively working with
the Israelis and was an agent for
Mossad, gave them exactly what they
wanted in both of those
circumstances.
And Elliot, super last thing on it
is, it's amazing to me that all
the New York Times reporters who
wrote this story,
that never even occurred to them.
So they're like, that's amazing.
The most miraculous turnaround.
And you're like, well,
put a couple of thoughts behind it.
He's a Mossad agent now.
Are you sure he wasn't a Mossad
agent before?
And they're like, no,
they couldn't be.
Because, okay, actually,
I said super duper last thing.
So guys, because a lot of our
establishment puts out this message
whether they believe it, and
I think a lot of them do believe it.
Or they don't, but
they put out the message.
Anything where that doesn't match
the official government story is a
crazy, ludicrous conspiracy theory,
right?
But what, you're saying that
Israelis that killed 23,000
children in Gaza, that having, and
already flipped Ahmadinejad at this
point, and would have him serve as
a puppet as the New York Times now
acknowledges, having him serve as
a puppet earlier is out of bounds?
Unthinkable?
Why would that be unthinkable?
Right?
And then the idea that they would,
and Israel doing operations inside
America, unthinkable,
how could it be unthinkable?
They already stole our nuclear
secrets.
They already stole our uranium,
our nuclear triggers, and
all of our top secrets.
How could it be unthinkable?
So wait a minute,
I'm beginning to wonder,
whose side are you on?
And that's exactly why I've been
saying what I am about
corporate media, because come on.
On the other hand, look, credit
where credit is due,
we're fairest show in America.
Good piece by the New York Times.
At least they are revealing that
Ahmadinejad is a Mossad agent.
