Iran Demands UN Action After Trump Admits Attempting to Arm Demonstrators

Iran’s Ambassador to the UN has demanded that the UN Security Council take immediate action after US President Donald Trump openly admitted that the United States attempted to arm demonstrators in Iran. The United States has tried to turn peaceful protests in Iran into violence, riots, and bloodshed, said Iran’s Ambassador to the UN, Amir Saeid Iravani, in his letter to the UN Secretary-General and the UN Security Council, as reported by Iranian media outlet Press TV on Tuesday (7 April 2026). The letter was sent following Trump’s admission that Washington had sent weapons to Iran. “We sent weapons, a lot of weapons. Those weapons should have been given to the people so they could fight these criminals,” Trump said to reporters at the White House Easter event. “Do you know what happened? The people who received the weapons kept them,” Trump added. The US President did not specify who he accused of taking the weapons. However, a Fox News reporter quoted Trump as blaming “Kurdish intermediaries” for diverting the weapons. In the letter, Iravani stated that Trump’s remarks confirm Iran’s long-held position that Washington has fuelled instability. “Such behaviour aligns with the United States’ long-standing policy of creating, funding, and arming terrorist groups in the Middle East and beyond,” Iravani wrote in the letter. “This is a blatant violation of the UN Charter and the principles and fundamental rules of international law,” he asserted. Iravani said the United States bears full responsibility for all the damage and suffering inflicted on civilians and civilian infrastructure during the riots in December 2025 and January 2026. “The United States, through its intervention in Iran’s internal affairs, arming terrorist elements and groups, and spreading false casualty figures, has pursued a malicious policy against Iran,” he wrote. Iravani emphasised that arming and supporting armed groups in the territory of another state triggers international responsibility. “The Security Council must firmly condemn these dangerous statements,” he said. “The Security Council must ensure that these violations are not left unaddressed, and clearly state that any state support for terrorism will not be tolerated under any circumstances,” he stressed.