New York Times claim: Mossad tried to recruit Ahmadinejad and return him to power

New York Times claim: Mossad spent years trying to recruit Ahmadinejad and bring him back to power The New York Times, in a detailed report citing American, Iranian, and Israeli officials, claimed that Mossad spent several years targeting Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as an intelligence asset and a possible future leader of Iran; a plan that began with secret meetings in Budapest and direct contact with the then-head of Mossad, and, during the war, escalated to moving him to a safe house and attempting to carry out a regime-change scenario, but ultimately failed. The American newspaper claimed that Ahmadinejad met David Barnea during his trip to Budapest; Barnea was head of Mossad for five years until last month. Professor Gergely Deli, the president of Ludovika University of Public Service in Hungary, claimed in an interview conducted last month that by inviting Ahmadinejad, he played the role of a "Strohmann"; a German word meaning "front person," "figurehead," or "puppet." /Jamaran