Trump Says US Tried to Arm Iranian Protesters Through Kurdish Groups

The president says he believes the Kurdish groups kept the weapons intended for Iranian protesters.

Portraits of people executed by the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, displayed during a demonstration by Franco-Iranian associations, including the Committee to Support Human Rights in Iran, a day after the World Day Against the Death Penalty, in central Paris on Oct. 11, 2025. Martin Lelievre/AFP via Getty Images

President Donald Trump told Fox News on April 5 that the United States tried to arm Iranian protesters and sent them guns via Kurdish groups but that he believes that the Kurds kept the guns for themselves.

Trump told Fox’s Trey Yingst that the Iranian government killed 45,000 Iranian civilians in response to the protests against the regime earlier this year.