Yousef argued that the cancellation of the Kurdish element undermined the broader strategy. Vered Weiss, World Israel NewsMosab Hassan Yousef claimed in a post on X that Israel and the United States entered the recent war with Iran with a plan to topple the Iranian regime and install former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as a transitional leader, alleging that the effort collapsed after a key component of the operation was abandoned.According to Yousef, the plan was disclosed by Maj. Gen. (res.) Tamir Hayman, who headed Military Intelligence during Operation Roaring Lion, during an appearance on PBS’s Firing Line.Yousef wrote that Ahmadinejad had been consulted before the operation and had initially agreed to participate in the proposed transition.He further indicated that Israel carried out a strike on Ahmadinejad’s home in Tehran on February 28 with the intention of freeing him from house arrest so he could emerge publicly as a new political figure.According to Yousef, the broader strategy relied on a Kurdish military incursion into northwestern Iran.He said the objective was to trigger uprisings among ethnic minorities, tie down large numbers of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Basij personnel, and create conditions that could lead to the collapse of the Iranian government.Yousef claimed that the operation was halted after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan opposed the Kurdish component of the plan and persuaded President Trump to cancel it.He further claimed that Ahmadinejad was injured during the strike on his residence, survived the attack and subsequently distanced himself from any further involvement.Yousef said he personally met Kurdish leaders in Erbil during the first two weeks of the war and described Kurdish forces as prepared to participate in the operation.In the post, Yousef argued that the cancellation of the Kurdish element undermined the broader strategy.He asserted that President Trump abandoned the plan when confronted with challenges and contended that the Iranian regime remained in power because the Kurdish component was never implemented.“This is not theory. This is what actually happened,” Yousef wrote.Mosab Hassan Yousef is a Palestinian-born American author and former Shin Bet informant best known as the son of Hamas co-founder Sheikh Hassan Yousef. Nicknamed “The Green Prince,” he worked covertly with Israeli intelligence for a decade before moving to the United States and later published the bestselling memoir Son of Hamas.The post ‘Son of Hamas’ describes how plot to install Ahmadinejad as Iran’s leader failed appeared first on World Israel News.