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Source: https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-902486
Iran Expert Doubts Israel's Mossad Recruited Ahmadinejad
(103FM-Jerusalem Post) Beni Sabti, an Iran researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), said Tuesday in an interview: "These days there are small protests in Iran. Yesterday, they used tear gas on them, something that had not happened since January. There is a lot of economic tension and frustration, including surprise power outages for almost the entire day. In my opinion, the Iranians will not sit at home for long." Sabti said Iran is aware that Israel is waiting for an attack and it is avoiding direct fire at Israel for now. Addressing a report that former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was in contact with Israel's Mossad, Sabti said, "In my opinion, that is nonsense. There is a difference between a meeting to establish contact and feel things out, and a person enlisting for you. It is possible there were attempts to lure him to Budapest, to show him respect, and to establish contact. But from there to turning him into an agent, I have a problem with that." "What about his bodyguards? Do you think someone sends Ahmadinejad alone? Aren't there 10 ideologues of the regime around him? It is a little naive to think that way. If he were a Zionist agent, he would not be wandering around Iran now."