Israel's dashed ambitions to topple the Iranian regime
- Posted on August 28, 2026
- By Le Monde
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In brief
Israel's strategic initiative to destabilize Iran's government through covert intelligence operations has encountered significant setbacks. Despite coordinated efforts involving Kurdish separatist movements and attempts to leverage former political figures, the Mossad's ambitious campaign to facilitate regime change has failed to achieve its objectives. The geopolitical miscalculation underscores the complexities of Middle Eastern power dynamics and the limitations of external intervention strategies.
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Israel's dashed ambitions to topple the Iranian regime
The Israeli government thought it could take advantage of the war launched with the US on February 28 to bring down the Islamic Republic. But the Mossad intelligence agency's plans to enlist the help of Kurdish opposition groups and former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad failed.
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