Iran’s foreign minister said on Monday that the situation has come under total control after a bloody crackdown on nationwide protests in the country.

Abbas Araghchi also said that the protests turned violent and bloody to give an excuse for US President Donald Trump to intervene.

Araghchi offered no evidence for his statements, which came after activists reported more than 500 people in Iran have been killed during the past two weeks of protests the vast majority of them demonstrators.