Mossad Director Roman Gofman has dismissed the head of the Intelligence Directorate and the head of the Iran desk, according to a report by Yaron Avraham (N12). The decision was made following the failure of a major operational plan to topple the Iranian regime, which the two senior officials had conceived and presented to the U.S. president. The two may remain in the agency in other roles.
Mossad Director Roman Gofman has dismissed the head of the Intelligence Directorate and the head of the Iran desk, according to a report by N12's Yaron Avraham. The decision was made in response to the failure of a major operational plan the two officials conceived to topple the Iranian regime, which they also presented to U.S. President Donald Trump. The plan did not materialize on the ground.
Security sources cited by N12 said the two officials' tenure ends by agreement as part of a reorganization, following a lack of professional chemistry with Gofman. However, the report notes that Gofman believes the architects of the plan should bear the cost of its failure. The two may remain in the organization in other roles.
As The Zioneer reported earlier tonight, the dismissals follow Gofman's broader restructuring of Mossad's senior leadership since taking office in early June. The move is separate from the earlier dismissal of the agency's deputy director, identified only as 'A', which took place days into Gofman's tenure in June.
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