Overview
- Roman Gofman removed the head of Mossad’s Intelligence Directorate and the head of its Iran division, a step Israeli outlets reported Thursday as linked to the plan’s failure.
- Israeli reporting says the two officials were among the architects of a written operation that relied on Israeli strikes to open routes for Kurdish fighters in northwestern Iran to provoke wider unrest.
- The proposal reportedly involved close CIA cooperation but was shelved after U.S. political leaders declined to authorize full implementation, with President Trump said to have canceled the effort following pressure from Turkey.
- Tehran’s intelligence ministry announced arrests and weapons seizures it said were tied to Mossad networks, but open-source verification of those claims and many operational details remains limited.
- Israeli accounts describe the removals as both mutual and disciplinary and part of a larger Mossad reshuffle, a change that could reshape the agency’s Iran strategy and affect regional actors including Kurdish groups and Turkey.