NaveedThe single bombshell story which is equally annoying to Iranophiles and #Iran-critics.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/us/politics/iran-israel-us-leader-ahmadinejad.html
#Ahmadinejad returned from Budapest just days before #Israel began attacking #Iran last June. His relative silence about a war with a country that he had long viewed as Iran’s main enemy was noted by many on Iranian social media.
In 2023, he traveled to Guatemala and in 2024 and 2025 to Hungary. Esfandiar Mashai, #Ahmadinejad’s ex-chief of staff, was put on trial in 2018 and the judge in the case publicly asked about his links to #British and #Israel|i spy agencies, a charge publicized by state media.
“I am not the #Ahmadinejad you have in mind.” #Iran #IRGC https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/05/25/ahmadinejad-has-bigger-plans-than-irans-presidency/
#Ahmadinejad no doubt understands he is unlikely to ever become president again—but his ambitions extend far beyond that office. If anything, he seems to be waiting for the power vacuum that is likely to emerge after the death of the 82-year-old #Khamenei