US was arming Iranian dissidents through Kurds while negotiating with Tehran, Trump reveals

US was arming Iranian dissidents through Kurds while negotiating with Tehran, Trump reveals Submitted by Elis Gjevori on Sun, 04/05/2026 - 19:38 Trump admits US sent weapons into Iran weeks before the war began in a bid to cause chaos, but says 'the Kurds kept them' US President Donald Trump after speaking at a televised address on the conflict in the Middle East from the Cross Hall of the White House in Washington, DC on April 1, 2026. (Alex Brandon/AFP) Off Donald Trump spent Easter Sunday making a series of explosive admissions about the Iran war - revealing that the United States covertly armed protesters inside the country weeks before launching military strikes, even as American negotiators were sitting across the table from senior Iranian officials in Europe. Speaking to Fox News' Trey Yingst by phone, Trump disclosed that Washington supplied weapons to Iranian demonstrators who took to the streets late last year, driven by worsening economic conditions as a result of US sanctions.