New Mossad Director Fires Intelligence Directorate and Iran Division Chiefs After Failed Iran Regime Change Campaign
- Allied Intelligence — 2026-08-21 BLUFGofman's purge narrows Mossad's operational repertoire against Iran without altering Netanyahu's strategic objectives, raising the risk that autumn planning defaults to blunter military options.
- Mossad director Roman Gofman dismissed the heads of the agency's intelligence directorate and Iran division earlier this month, according to Israeli media reports cited by Haaretz and Middle East Eye 1.
- Haaretz, citing Israel's Channel 12, reported the two officials had devised a plan to mobilize Iranian minority groups and spur mass protests to topple the governmen
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- Allied Intelligence — 2026-08-21 BLUFGofman's purge narrows Mossad's operational repertoire against Iran without altering Netanyahu's strategic objectives, raising the risk that autumn planning defaults to blunter military options.
- Mossad director Roman Gofman dismissed the heads of the agency's intelligence directorate and Iran division earlier this month, according to Israeli media reports cited by Haaretz and Middle East Eye 1.
- Haaretz, citing Israel's Channel 12, reported the two officials had devised a plan to mobilize Iranian minority groups and spur mass protests to topple the governmen
Sources: Icbrief