US President Donald Trump (archive photo)
US President Donald Trump has claimed that the US secretly sent weapons to protesters in Iran via the Kurds earlier this year, but the Iranian ethnic group may have kept those weapons rather than passing them on.The US President said in an interview with Fox News: “We sent weapons to the demonstrators, a lot of them. We sent them to the Kurds,” adding: “And I think the Kurds kept them.”
In the interview, Trump also said he believed there was a “good chance” of reaching an agreement with Iran by Monday. “I think there is a good opportunity tomorrow, and they are negotiating now,” he said. However, he also warned: “If they don’t reach an agreement and quickly, I’m thinking of blowing everything up and seizing the oil.”In addition to his claims, Trump also said that the current Iranian negotiators were given a “limited amnesty” while the talks continued. Iran did not make any official statement regarding these negotiation talks.This comes as Trump, on Saturday, gave Iran a 48-hour deadline to open the Strait of Hormuz or else he would blow up power plants and other infrared weapons. In an expletive-laden statement, Trump later Sunday posted on Truth Social, saying: “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all in one day, in Iran.
There will never be anything like it!!! Open the strait, you lunatics, or you’ll live in hell – just watch! Thank God.
“Trump has set similar deadlines in the past but extended them while claiming he or the mediators were making progress toward ending the conflict.Both sides have also struck and threatened civilian infrastructure, including oil fields and desalination plants vital for drinking water, raising concerns about the long-term consequences of escalating the conflict.
