{
  "id": 5286784,
  "title": "'Inappropriate to say': Trump may still be considering CIA-led uprising in Iran",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/inappropriate-to-say-trump-may-still-be-considering-cia-led-uprising",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-03T08:33:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Middle East Eye",
    "slug": "middle-east-eye",
    "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/trump-holds-call-uae-president-amid-regional-us-led-war"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Donald Trump, during a recent Oval Office press conference, was asked about the possibility of the CIA arming Iranians to provoke a violent uprising. In response, he stated that it would not be appropriate to confirm or deny such a plan. The question came after the U.S. conducted airstrikes on Iran's southern coast, resulting in the deaths of 18 individuals, including two children at a wedding.",
  "summary": "'Inappropriate to say': Trump may still be considering CIA-led uprising in Iran US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said it \"wouldn't be appropriate to say\" if he would greenlight the CIA arming Iranians to encourage a violent uprising, a day after he asked on his TruthSocial account, \"When are the Iranian people going to rise up and fight?\" Trump was taking unscheduled questions in the Oval…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}