President Donald Trump has claimed that an American effort to supply weapons to Iranian protesters failed after the arms did not reach the intended recipients.
Speaking to reporters at a White House Easter event on Monday, Trump said the weapons were meant to help anti-government demonstrators defend themselves.
He said, “we sent guns, a lot of guns, they were supposed to go to the people so they could fight back against these thugs.
“You know what happened? The people that they sent them to kept them, so i’m very upset with a certain group of people, and they’re going to pay a big price for that.”
Trump did not give details about who he was accusing of taking the US weapons.
However, on Sunday, Trump was quoted as saying by a Fox News reporter that he blamed Kurdish intermediaries for having taken weapons destined for Iranian dissidents.
