Mossad Was Asked to Assassinate Imam Khomeini

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A book by former Mossad official Yossi Alpher details secret relationships with the dictators in Iran and an unusual request to take the life of the revolutionary Imam Khomeini.

In a shocking revelation at a special conference at the so-called "Institute for National Security Studies" in Tel Aviv, it was revealed that former Iranian Prime Minister Shapour Bakhtiar, the last prime minister before the Islamic Revolution, asked Mossad agents in Tehran to assassinate the late leader of the Islamic Revolution His Eminence Imam Sayyed Rouhullah Khomeini.

Though, the new information was revealed with the release of a new book from Yossi Alpher, a former Mossad official. In it's pages, Alpher declared that Eliezer Tzafrir received the request from Bakhtiar in January 1979 to assassinate Imam Khomeini who was living in Paris at the time after being exiled from Iraq.

Saddam Hussein's regime offered to hand Imam Khomeini to the dictator Shah in Iran to be executed, but the leader refused and was exiled to France where he found asylum.

Nonetheless, "Israel" maintained a top secret relationship with the dictator Shahs of Iran and carried out deals that included extensive sales of arms produced in Zionist factories. Additionally, the two countries created an intimate relationship in the field of intelligence.

After Tzafrir received the request of serious implications, the message was passed on to Mossad officials in Tel Aviv who met to discuss their options.

"Mossad director Yitzhak Hofi announced at the beginning of the meeting that wasn't prone to support the request on moral grounds but asked to hear the opinions of those who were present," said Alpher.

He added, "I told the heads of the Mossad that I had difficulty supporting the request because we didn't know enough about who and what Khomeini was. I really regret not supporting that request."

Source: Ynet, Edited by Website team