Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s office on July 14 denied a New York Times report that he was under house arrest and had contact with Israeli intelligence, calling the story false and “Hollywood-style fiction”. The NYT said on July 13 that Israeli intelligence had contacted Ahmadinejad and moved him to a “safe location” after an initial US-Israel strike on Tehran, and that he later left that site and was placed under house arrest by Iranian authorities. US, Israeli and Iranian officials have not publicly c

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s office on July 14 denied a New York Times report that he was under house arrest and had contact with Israeli intelligence, calling the story false and “Hollywood-style fiction”. The NYT said on July 13 that Israeli intelligence had contacted Ahmadinejad and moved him to a “safe location” after an initial US-Israel strike on Tehran, and that he later left that site and was placed under house arrest by Iranian authorities. US, Israeli and Iranian officials have not publicly confirmed the NYT account. Ahmadinejad served as Iran’s president from 2005 to 2013.