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United States President Donald Trump says Washington had armed Iranian opposition groups and protesters during mass antigovernment demonstrations in December and January, in which thousands of people were killed during crackdowns by government forces.

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[–] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 15 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

You're justifying their executions if you claim they are being armed by foreign enemies. This helps no one but arms manufacturers.

[–] partofthevoice@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

I didn’t listen too hard because a Trump supporter provided the information… but someone told me recently (yesterday) that Trump tried to arm a militia group who’d worked with the US in the past. Supposedly that group was supposed to arm the civilians but they kept the weapons for themselves.

Honestly, would be fucking crazy either way. Because, in that case, it sounds like Trump spooked the Iranian government into its atrocities.

Edit: they were talking about Iranian Kurdish opposition factions

Edit 2: this article brings it up https://nypost.com/2026/04/05/us-news/president-trump-reveals-us-attempted-to-funnel-weapons-to-iranian-protesters-claims-regime-slaughtered-45k/