WASHINGTON, March 6. /TASS/. The United States may begin providing military support to Kurdish anti-government forces in Iran within a few days, the US website Al-Monitor reported, citing sources in the White House.

According to the news outlet, the US leadership is currently weighing arguments in favor of such a decision and evaluating the potential risks of Kurdish forces intensifying their activities.

Earlier, US President Donald Trump said in an interview with Reuters that the US would be happy if Kurdish anti-government forces began to oppose the government in Tehran. However, he refused to answer questions about Washington's possible involvement in their actions.

The United States and Israel launched a large-scale military operation against Iran on February 28. Major Iranian cities, including Tehran, were struck. The White House justified the attack by citing alleged missile and nuclear threats from Iran. At the same time, US leadership openly called on the Iranian population to rise up against their government and seize power.

As a result of the strikes, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and several other senior figures in the leadership of the Islamic Republic were killed. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced a retaliatory operation, targeting sites in Israel. US military bases in Bahrain, Jordan, Qatar, Kuwait, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia were also hit.