Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has reportedly been placed under house arrest after Iranian authorities uncovered alleged secret contacts between him and Israeli intelligence, according to reports published Monday.
The allegations, which have not been publicly confirmed by the Iranian government, are reportedly based on information provided by several senior Iranian officials and people familiar with American and Israeli intelligence operations.
According to the reports, Ahmadinejad is being held under the authority of the intelligence branch of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, commonly known as the IRGC. Iranian investigators reportedly discovered evidence of extensive communications between the former president and representatives of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency. (Jerusalem Post)
The reports allege that Israel had spent years attempting to develop a relationship with Ahmadinejad despite his long history of hostile rhetoric toward Israel and his reputation as one of Iran’s most controversial political figures.
Some accounts claim the alleged contacts were part of a wider Israeli plan to weaken or replace Iran’s clerical government. Israeli officials reportedly considered Ahmadinejad a possible transitional figure because of his growing political conflict with Iran’s ruling establishment.
Alleged Plan to Reshape Iran’s Leadership
Earlier reports claimed the United States and Israel had explored the possibility of using Ahmadinejad in a post-government transition following the death of Iran’s supreme leader and an expected collapse of the existing leadership structure.
According to those reports, an airstrike near Ahmadinejad’s Tehran residence earlier this year may have been intended to release him from government restrictions rather than kill him. However, Iranian media and outside analysts challenged that account, and neither the United States nor Israel publicly confirmed such a plan. (Al Jazeera)
Ahmadinejad reportedly became dissatisfied with the operation and eventually stopped cooperating after concluding that the effort to overthrow the Iranian government was unlikely to succeed.
The latest reports now claim Iranian authorities uncovered enough information about the alleged contacts to place him under renewed house arrest.
Extraordinary Allegations Remain Unconfirmed
The accusations would represent a stunning development if independently verified.
Ahmadinejad served as Iran’s president from 2005 to 2013 and became internationally known for his confrontational policies, disputed statements about the Holocaust and harsh criticism of Israel and the United States.
His relationship with Iran’s political establishment deteriorated during and after his presidency. Ahmadinejad increasingly criticized powerful clerics, government institutions and security officials, leaving him politically isolated despite retaining support among some working-class and nationalist Iranians.
He has also publicly claimed that Israeli intelligence deeply infiltrated Iran’s security agencies. In a 2024 interview, Ahmadinejad alleged that the Iranian intelligence official responsible for hunting Mossad agents was himself working for Israel. (Reuters)
That history makes the latest accusations particularly striking. A former president who once portrayed himself as one of Israel’s most uncompromising enemies is now reportedly suspected of maintaining secret contacts with the very intelligence service he repeatedly accused of penetrating Iran.
However, no formal charges, court documents or direct evidence supporting the allegations have been released publicly.
Iranian state media had not officially confirmed Ahmadinejad’s detention as of Monday, and neither Ahmadinejad nor his representatives had issued a detailed public response. Israeli officials also had not publicly acknowledged any intelligence relationship with the former Iranian president.
Until independent evidence or official statements emerge, the allegations should be treated as a developing and highly sensitive intelligence story rather than established fact.
The reported detention nevertheless highlights the deep mistrust within Iran’s political and security establishment as authorities continue searching for suspected Israeli agents and collaborators inside the country.
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