Former US national security advisor John Bolton
Tuesday, 08 November 2022 10:27 AM [ Last Update: Wednesday, 09 November 2022 8:53 AM ]
Former US national security advisor Bolton says subversive groups in Iran, which he characterized as the opposition, are being armed with weapons seized from Basij forces and imported from Iraq's Kurdistan.
In an interview with London-based BBC Persian TV channel, Bolton, who spearheaded former US president Donald Trump’s anti-Iran policies for years, expressed hope that the ongoing protests in Iran, sparked by the death of a young woman in police custody, would lead to "regime change."
He made a comparison between protests in major cities across Iran in 2009 following the election victory of former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the recent sporadic riots.
Bolton accused Iran's security forces of acts of repressions in 2009, claiming that the alleged crackdown had intensified and become much wider in the wake of the recent riots.
Bolton, who is notorious for his hawkish stances, said the "perspective of the systematic effort" of the subversive groups is not only to protest but to use coercive force against the Iranian government to convey the message that it is no longer unarmed and can confront the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).
Former White House national security adviser John Bolton says "the Iranian opposition" is now being armed with weapons smuggled into the country from the Iraqi Kurdistan region, praising the use of force against Iran's security forces.
Former White House national security adviser John Bolton says "the Iranian opposition" is now being armed with weapons smuggled into the country from the Iraqi Kurdistan region, praising the use of force against Iran's security forces.
