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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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[–] CubitOom@infosec.pub 36 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

In all the videos I saw of the Iranian regime killing protesters, the protesters were all unarmed.

This smells like progranda to me.

[–] RamRabbit@lemmy.world 19 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Yeah, this wasn't some civil war scenario. Iran was simply mass-murdering the people.

[–] new_world_odor@lemmy.world 6 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Well... Technically, he didn't say they were successfully armed. He said there was an attempt made but he thought the arms didn't make it to the protesters.

Edit: Still seems like a big deal for it to be confirmed in any sense.

[–] 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/

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 2 points 2 hours ago

As if them being unarmed would change your worldview, OP.

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 hours ago

I bet Trump is gonna "confirm" CCP Claims that he's "personally funding" "Taiwan Independence" so that CCP has an excuse to invade, but then he's also not gonna help Taiwan...

Literally just playing both sides lol..

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 5 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 0 points 4 hours ago

A guilty comprador seldom admits guilt.

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 hours ago

Treating Trump as a source of any kind of truth is extremely shaky.

[–] thoralf@discuss.familie-will.at 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Aljazeera

I really believe that Trump is able to do the most stupid things, sane people cannot even come up with. But I would very much like to see a credible source before I believe that.

[–] nightwatch_admin@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Al Jazeera is mot a reputable source anymore?

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 0 points 2 hours ago

Like all news orginizations, Al Jazeera is shit when you compare it to the platonic ideal of news. However, when you compare it to Western media, it's solidly middle of the pack. During the Gaza genocide, it was the Al Jazeera reporters who were on the ground and targeted for death.

The biggest criticism of Al Jazeera is the race/religion of it's reporters. People are going to show up to tell me that it's Qatari state-run. But those same people don't feel the same about DW, BBC, or NPR.

The best evidence for Al Jazeera's credibility is they are constantly being banned in Israel for reporting on that regime's crimes.