US President Donald Trump has claimed that the US provided guns to anti-regime protesters in Iran, stating that the 'Kurds took the guns'. Trump made the comments during a telephonic interview with Fox News.
The US President was referring to the Kurd community, a roughly 30-million community living in Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and Syria. Trump also claimed that the Iranian regime 'slaughtered' 45,000 people during the anti-regime protests.
There has been no official figure from Iran on the casualties during the demonstrations, with some activists claiming it to be 7,000 while other reports suggesting as high as 30,000.
Trump's remarks come as he has warned Iran made new threats to escalate strikes on Iran and its infrastructure if it doesn't open the Strait of Hormuz by Tuesday.
