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2026-04-07 00:56:48
[Trump claims the US attempted to ship weapons to the Iranian people] (1) US President Donald Trump said the US attempted to ship weapons to the Iranian people to fight against their regime, but the intermediaries responsible for the delivery kept the guns for themselves. (2) Trump told reporters at the White House Easter Egg Roll on Monday: “We sent guns, a lot of guns. These guns were meant for the people so they could fight back against those thugs. You know what happened? The people responsible for the delivery kept the guns because they said, ‘What nice guns. I think I’ll keep them.’” (3) Trump added: “So I’m very unhappy with a certain group of people, and they will pay a huge price for it.” (4) Trump did not specify which group the US attempted to use as an intermediary to ship the guns, but he told Fox News a day earlier that Kurdish groups had taken the guns. A senior Iranian Kurdish official denied receiving any guns from the US in an interview with Rudaw, a media outlet in Iraqi Kurdistan, and called the claims baseless. (5) Trump said: “Once the Iranian people know they won’t be shot and they can get weapons, they will fight back.”
