‘A World Without America’: U.S., Israel Reportedly Floated Installing Ex-Iranian President as New Leader
In the opening days of the Iran War, the United States and Israel were reportedly considering an unlikely choice as a potential new leader for Iran, according to The New York Times.
Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was viewed as a favorable choice to replace the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the NYT reported, citing anonymous U.S. officials. Ahmadinejad was injured when Israeli airstrikes intended to free him from house arrest failed, the outlet reported.
Ahmadinejad has been an ardent anti-U.S. critic, according to public statements that he made in the past.
He called called for “a world without America,” on Oct. 26, 2005, at a conference in Tehran titled The World without Zionism, according to a congressional resolution passed on Jan. 27, 2006.
“As the Imam said, Israel must be wiped off the map,” Ahmadinejad said in reference to statements by Iran’s revolutionary leader Ayatollah Khomeini at the conference, Al Jazeera reported.
🚨🇺🇸🇮🇷 BOMBSHELL: The U.S. and Israel went into the Iran war with a secret plan to install Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as Iran's new leader
Yes, the same Holocaust-denying former president who once called to "wipe Israel off the map."
Per the NYT, an Israeli strike on day one was… https://t.co/JvVuaxvs74 pic.twitter.com/SoCveDCNZN
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) May 20, 2026
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