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Despite Trump statements, US president vetoed Kurdish uprising, sources confirm to 'Post' 

Despite publicly blaming the Kurds, President Trump vetoed the idea of facilitating a Kurdish led uprising against Iran, sources confirm.

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Despite an attack while speaking to reporters by US President Donald Trump on Monday against Kurdish groups for allegedly failing to help with a local uprising against the Iranian regime, sources have confirmed to The Jerusalem Post that he himself ultimately vetoed the idea.

Foreign sources have widely reported that the Mossad proposed the possibility of helping to facilitate toppling the regime aligned with turning out mass protests, following the US and Israeli bombing campaign against the regime's forces.

Further, foreign sources have widely reported that Turkey pressed Trump not to go forward with the option.

Previously, the Post reported that IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir, Mossad Director David Barnea, and IDF Intelligence Directorate Chief Maj.-Gen. Shlomi Binder met with top US defense officials and, in some cases, via video conference with Trump, to help convince the US president to join the war.

New estimated US price tag for war in Iran now up to $29 billion

Ryan King / NEW YORK POST 

WASHINGTON — The estimated price tag for the war in Iran so far has jumped to $29 billion, up from the $25 billion figure given at the end of April, a senior Pentagon official revealed Tuesday.

Jules Hurst, acting under secretary of Defense who serves as the de facto chief financial officer at the Pentagon, told the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense that the higher amount came from a further crunching of the numbers.

“The Joint Staff team, with the comptroller team are constantly looking at that estimate, and so now we think it’s closer to [$]29 [billion],” Hurst said.

“That’s because of updated repair and replacement of equipment costs and also just general operational costs to keep people in theater.”

During the roughly two-hour-long hearing, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth fielded bipartisan grumblings that the Pentagon hasn’t been more upfront with lawmakers about the more specific costs of the war in Iran.

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