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Israel’s Regime-Change Plan for Iran

Here’s the wild back story behind a failed plan to install Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as Iran’s next leader.

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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2024.
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Palestinian Authority Sets Date for First Major Elections in 20 Years

Analysts expressed skepticism that the vote would take place as planned. In 2021, Mahmoud Abbas, the authority’s leader, scheduled and then canceled a similar election.

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Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority speaking during a conference in Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, in May. His term ended in 2009, but he has since canceled elections.
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