A look at quiet talk about installing a pro-Western businessman to run Iran after the US-Israel strikes — mostly a personal story, but it hints at outside interest in shaping who governs Iran next.

• A month before the US and Israel bombed Iran, an Israeli paper pushed Patrick Bet-David, the Iranian-born media businessman, as the leader Iran needs.
• He says he got real calls last summer asking if he wanted the job — to revive Iran's economy and open its 92 million people to trade with the US and Europe.
• He turned it down, saying the role would mean moving to Iran full-time and uprooting his young kids.
• The bigger signal: powerful players are already thinking about who runs Iran after the strikes, not just whether to attack it.

Outlook: Expect more outside jockeying over Iran's future leadership as the fallout from the bombing plays out.