US Hatching New Plot To Overthrow Iran's Islamic Regime? Trump In Talks With Kurds, Mulls Supplying Weapons

As Iran inches close to appoint its next Supreme Leader after the killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the United States is reportedly hatching a new plot to oust the Islamic rule in the West Asian nation. US President is said to be in contact with the Iranian militias which seek to topple the current regime.

According to US officials, cited by The Wall Street Journal, Trump is mulling if the US would provide weapons, training and intelligence support to the rebel groups. Corroborating the same claims, CNN reported that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the US was planning to arm the Kurdish forces, which allegedly plan to attack Iran's security forces.

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The Kurdish militias have sought US help in recent days on whether and how to launch the attack, news agency Reuters reported. The Trump administration, which seeks to foment popular uprising against the Iranian regime, has been in talks with Iranian opposition groups and Kurdish leaders in Iraq.

Who Are The Kurds?

The Kurdish groups are a coalition of militias based on the Iran-Iraq border in the semiautonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan. The Kurds, who plan to dismantle Iran's security forces, have been training to launch an attack amid the ongoing war with US and Israel.

The Kurds in Iraqi Kurdistan have been associated with the US for long, however, their shifting allegiances and ideologies have impacted their ties and mutual understanding on various occasions.

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The United States worked with some of the Kurdish groups in Iraq both during the Iraq War and the battle against ISIS. But it is unclear how successful the Iranian Kurdish groups would be in their fight inside Iran. The groups fighters have varying degrees of experience on the battlefield. A source cited by CNN said the plan would be for Kurdish armed forces to take on Iranian security forces to make it easier for an uprising of unarmed Iranians in the country's cities.