On October 1, 2024, former Iranian President Mahmoud Nayad was in Turkey, sitting in front of the camera of CNN.
The whole world thought it was again a political show, the dying struggle of a disappointed politician.
Nobody would have thought that this time, the Negev was not throwing out loud words, but a sharp knife, which was directly injected into the heart of Iran’s power.
“Our intelligence and security departments have been infiltrated by Israel’s Mossad.”
Before he finished speaking, all four seats were shocked.
He then pointed to a senior head of anti-espionage work inside Iran, who was an Israeli spy and involved at least 20 double spies.
How lethal is these words?
It is equivalent to publicly explaining to the world why Hamas leader Haniyeh could be murdered precisely inside Tehran’s “safe house.”
Ahmadinejad told everyone in the most straightforward way: there is a mole at the top, and he is in a high position.
After this interview, Nayad “disappeared.”
His social media stopped updating, and the impassioned figure could no longer be found in the public eye.
From October 2024 to today, for a whole year, he seems to have "disappeared from the world".
The tough guy who once denounced American hegemony on the United Nations podium and claimed to "wipe Israel off the map" was completely silent.
What forced a "darling" who was once pushed to the peak of power by the system into a "traitor" who declared war on the entire system?
From abandoned to abandoned.
A lot of people have been impressed by Nayad and his tough gestures as president.
He came from a grassroots background and struggled all the way from a blacksmith family to the mayor of Tehran and then to the president of Iran.
His rise in itself was the victory of populism under the unified regime of Iran.
He vigorously subsidized the poor, improved welfare at the bottom, and held high the anti-American banner. He once won the favor of the people and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei.
But the taste of power can change a person.
Ahmadinejad's ambition obviously goes beyond being an obedient executor.
Iran's power structure is a pyramid, with Supreme Leader Khamenei as the spire, and the power of the president is always restricted by it.
Nayad attempted to challenge the ceiling.
The rift appeared as early as 2009 after he was re-elected as president.
He defied public opinion and promoted his cronies Mashai as the first vice president, but was forced to give up under Khamenei's intervention.
This is just a beginning.
and then, Negad wants legislation to restrict preachers’ excessive involvement in secular politics, which is nothing more than a direct challenge to Khamenei’s roots.It is inevitable that the proposal will be rejected.
The contradiction was completely disclosed in 2011.
Ahmadinejad wanted to replace his dissatisfied intelligence minister, and Khamenei directly rejected it.
The loud ears of the note disappeared in the face of Najib, who protested in a way that refused to attend official events.
A country’s president and supreme spiritual leader, contradictions have come to the table.
More fiercely, Negrad even pointed his head at Khamenei’s son, accusing him of “misusing the treasury funds.”
In this struggle, Negev was defeated.
He not only lost the trust of the supreme leader, but also offended the military power because anti-corruption touched the interests of the Revolutionary Guard Corps.
When a political figure is enemies of both the highest spiritual leader and the strongest military group, his political life has actually entered a countdown.
He was placed in the "National Interest Determination Committee", a virtual institution. It seemed decent, but it was actually empty.
He was reluctant to try again and again to return to the game.
The elections in 2017, 2021, and 2024 after the unexpected death of President Leahy, He signed up for election three times and was relentlessly disqualified by the Guardian Council three times.
The system told Ahmadinejad in the clearest way possible: You are out.
When anti-American fighters want to reconcile with the United States
When a person is backed into a corner, he may choose two ways: to lie flat completely, or to make the wildest gamble.
Neymar chose the latter.
When he registered to run for president for the third time in June 2024, he threw an olive branch that stunned the world.
This former “anti-American fighter” openly stated, If elected, he is prepared to engage in a dialogue with the new U.S. president in 2025 to end decades of confrontation between the two countries.
This is a 180-degree turn.
The man who once regarded criticizing the United States as his political label suddenly wanted to shake hands and make peace.
Behind this lies the complete bankruptcy of Ahmadinejad's political line and helpless speculation.
He completely broke up with the conservative core represented by Khamenei, losing the original basic plate.
In order to kill a bloodshed, he sought to absorb some of the support of the Reformers and Medians by showing open gestures.
He hopes to find a new path between conservatives and reformers.
He mistakenly calculated.
For conservatives and Khamenei, Nayad’s “good changes” proved precisely that he was an uncontrollable risk factor, a speculator who could betray positions for power at any time.
For reformers, they also distrust the former president who once suppressed dissidents and pursued a hard line.
His sudden gesture of goodwill is more like a political show than a sincere change.
As a result, Najib fell into an uncomfortable situation on both sides.
His candidacy was once again rejected, and his last path to return to the center of power was blocked.
It was under this absolute despair that he would choose to detonate the “indigo bomb” in front of Turkish cameras a few months later.
Since we cannot shake this high wall from the inside, we should smash a hole in it from the outside.
Since you won't let me play, I'll lift the table.
Perhaps this was Ahmadinejad's truest mentality at that time.
He revealed that the “inside ghosts” appeared to be concerned about national security, and in fact initiated the final and deadliest revenge against the system that had completely abandoned him.
He’s no longer the “problematic” who wants to challenge the rules, he’s a “traitor” who wants to destroy the rules.
Now, a year has passed.
Nayad was not really “human evaporation.”
He remains a member of the "National Interest Determination Committee" and occasionally flashes in official news meetings.
However, in the camera, he was expressionless, taciturn, and had no communication with the people around him. He was like a lion whose teeth and claws had been extracted and kept in a cage for people to visit.
References:
Once shouting "erase Israel", Iranian hardliner former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad registered for election: seeking "constructive contact" with the world
2024-06-02 Observer Network