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!["That anyone in the White House took this plan seriously, let alone acted on it, is a genuinely staggering notion. But the proposition that [former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad] could retake the reins of power in Iran is possibly the least preposterous part of the scheme](https://asiapacificreport.nz/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Mahmoud-Ahmadinejad-WikiP-680wide-218x150.png "Israeli claims about an Iran ‘threat’ were always a lie. Now we have proof")
!["That anyone in the White House took this plan seriously, let alone acted on it, is a genuinely staggering notion. But the proposition that [former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad] could retake the reins of power in Iran is possibly the least preposterous part of the scheme](https://asiapacificreport.nz/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Mahmoud-Ahmadinejad-WikiP-680wide-100x70.png "Israeli claims about an Iran ‘threat’ were always a lie. Now we have proof")