Adam Werritty was involved in a shadowy international plot to topple the Iranian leader, it was claimed yesterday.
Liam Fox’s right-hand man was said to have regularly met Iranian dissidents, Israeli spies and right-wing U.S. groups with an interest in destabilising President Ahmadinejad.
Mr Werritty, 33, was highly regarded by the feared Israeli intelligence service Mossad, who believed he was the Defence Secretary’s chief of staff.
It was also claimed yesterday that he had been briefed by MI6 after returning from overseas trips.
According to one source, Mr Werritty worked closely with right-wing neoconservative groups in the U.S. who believed they could put enough pressure on Tehran to ‘bring down Ahmadinejad’.
Dr Fox was forced to quit on Friday following a two-week torrent of damaging revelations about his personal and professional relationship with his former flatmate and best man.
