{
  "id": 238929,
  "title": "Israel’s Mossad chief fires two senior officials over failure to topple Iran’s leadership",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/israels-mossad-chief-fires-two-senior-officials-over-failure-to",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-06T22:05:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Middle East Eye",
    "slug": "middle-east-eye",
    "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israels-mossad-chief-fires-two-senior-officials-over-failure-topple"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Israel's Mossad chief, Roman Gofman, has dismissed two senior officials. According to Middle East Eye, they were let go due to a failed plan to topple Iran's government. The two officials, one of whom headed Mossad's intelligence directorate and the other who led the agency's Iran division, had devised a plan to mobilise Iran's minority groups to rebel and spark mass protests.\n\nThe plan, as reported by Israel's Channel 12 and Haaretz, did not come to fruition. The Middle East Eye did not provide further details on the circumstances surrounding the dismissals.\n\nThere was no direct comment from Roman Gofman or the Israeli government on the matter. The Jerusalem Post report did not relate to the Mossad dismissals.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}