President Donald Trump revealed in a Fox News interview today that the United States sent weapons to anti-regime Iranian protesters earlier this year — and that the arms were delivered through Kurdish intermediaries.
Trump stated during the interview (aired within the last hour):
“We sent a lot of weapons to the Iranian protesters. We transferred them to the Kurdish militias… and I think the Kurds kept them.”
The comment came during the same wide-ranging Fox News appearance in which Trump issued his latest ultimatum to Tehran: “If Iran doesn’t make a deal quickly, we will bomb them and take their oil,” while confirming temporary immunity for Iranian negotiators.
Full Context of Trump’s Revelation
- The weapons transfer was aimed at supporting Iranian protesters seeking to overthrow the Islamic Republic, not the regime itself.
- Delivery was routed via Kurdish militias (likely referring to Iraqi Kurdish forces with ties to Iranian Kurdish opposition groups operating near the Iran-Iraq border).
- Trump added that he believes the Kurds ultimately kept the weapons rather than passing all of them on to protesters inside Iran.
This marks the first time Trump has publicly confirmed direct U.S. material support for Iran’s domestic opposition movement in the current conflict.
