Explosion rocks Iran’s Kurdistan as US eyes arming Kurds

An explosion rocked a city in Iran’s western Kurdistan province on Wednesday, according to video verified by AFP, on the fifth day of the US-Israeli war on Iran’s regime. Huge columns of smoke rose over the city of Baneh in the morning, according to verified images. Videos shared on social media said the target was a base belonging to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). On Tuesday, citing multiple people familiar with the matter, CNN reported that the CIA is working to arm Kurdish forces in an effort to foment a popular uprising in Iran. For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Several other US outlets published similar reporting on Wednesday morning and sources familiar with the matter have told Al Arabiya English that the idea is being floated within the Trump administration.The Trump administration has reportedly been in active discussions with Iranian opposition groups and Kurdish leaders in Iraq about providing them with