Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad denied allegations that he cooperated with the Mossad and rejected reports that he was placed under house arrest, according to a statement attributed to the former president.
Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has denied allegations that he cooperated with the Mossad and rejected reports that he was placed under house arrest, according to a statement attributed to him. The denial, reported Tuesday evening, marks the first direct response from the former president to the allegations that have dominated Iranian media since the New York Times first reported on the house arrest claims.
The statement follows a day of conflicting reports. As The Zioneer reported earlier today, at 10:40 Jerusalem, Iranian media showed Ahmadinejad attending a regime economic council meeting on Saturday, contradicting the house arrest narrative. At 17:54, he was documented in Tehran, according to ynet. At 19:07, Iranian state television published footage of him at a religious ceremony honoring the late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
The allegations against Ahmadinejad emerged from a New York Times report claiming that the IRGC intelligence wing had placed him under house arrest due to suspected ties with the Mossad. The former president's denial directly challenges those claims, though the authenticity of the statement could not be independently verified.
3 developments
- StrongIranian media: Ahmadinejad attended regime economic council meeting on Saturday, contradicting NYT house arrest report
- StrongIranian TV Publishes Footage of Ahmadinejad at Religious Ceremony, Countering House Arrest Claims
- DevelopingVideo report alleges former Iranian president was a Mossad spy
- DevelopingReport: Mossad agents extracted Ahmadinejad after Israeli strike on his compound on Feb. 28
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