{"id":102085,"date":"2026-04-05T14:38:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T14:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/2026\/04\/05\/trump-claims-kurds-kept-us-weapons-sent-for-iran-protesters-sees-good-chance-of-deal-by-monday\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T14:38:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T14:38:01","slug":"trump-claims-kurds-kept-us-weapons-sent-for-iran-protesters-sees-good-chance-of-deal-by-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/2026\/04\/05\/trump-claims-kurds-kept-us-weapons-sent-for-iran-protesters-sees-good-chance-of-deal-by-monday\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump claims Kurds &#8216;kept US weapons sent for Iran protesters&#8217;; sees \u2018good chance\u2019 of deal by Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9\" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130041093,imgsize-772360,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/article-94.jpg\" alt=\"Trump claims Kurds 'kept US weapons sent for Iran protesters'; sees \u2018good chance\u2019 of deal by Monday\" title=\"US President Donald Trump (File photo)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"US President Donald Trump (File photo)\">US President Donald Trump (File photo)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>US President <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/donald-trump\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Donald Trump<\/a> has alleged that the United States secretly sent weapons to protesters in Iran through Kurds earlier this year, but that Iranian ethnic group may have held on to them instead of passing them along.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>&#8220;We sent guns to the protesters, a lot of them. We sent to the Kurds&#8221; said the US president in an interview with Fox News, adding, &#8220;And I think the Kurds kept them&#8221; <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>In the interview, Trump also said that believes there&#8217;s a &#8220;good chance&#8221; a deal can be made with Iran by Monday. &#8220;I think there is a good chance tomorrow, they are negotiating now,&#8221; he said. However, he also gave a warning that, &#8220;If they don&#8217;t make a deal and fast, I&#8217;m considering blowing everything up and taking over the oil.&#8221;<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>Adding to his claims, Trump also said that current Iranian negotiators have been granted &#8220;limited amnesty&#8221; during as the talks go on. Iran has not given any official statement on these negotiation talks.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>This comes as Trump, on Saturday, gave Iran a 48-hour ultimatum to open the Straight of Hormuz or he&#8217;ll blow up their power plants and other infra. In an expletive- laced rant, Trump later on Sunday made a post on Truth Social, saying, &#8220;Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the F*****\u2019 Strait, you crazy b******s, or you\u2019ll be living in Hell &#8211; JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah.<!-- -->&#8220;<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>Trump has set similar deadlines in the past but extended them while claiming he or the mediators claims progress toward ending the conflict.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>Both sides have also struck and threatened civilian infrastructure, including oil fields and desalination plants vital for drinking water, raising concerns over long-term consequences of escalating conflict.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/world\/us\/trump-claims-kurds-kept-us-weapons-sent-for-iran-protesters-sees-good-chance-of-deal-by-monday\/articleshow\/130040692.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US President Donald Trump (File photo) US President Donald Trump has alleged that the United States secretly sent weapons to protesters in Iran through Kurds earlier this year, but that&hellip;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":102086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-braking-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/article-94.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}