Lindsey Graham stood up to the world’s bullies and genocidal regimes. He was no warmonger. He was deeply concerned about the well-being of the human race.
Lindsey was a genuine American patriot who loved our country, was loyal to our people, and was committed to our allies — Israel, Ukraine, Taiwan, NATO, and more.
Lindsey was a true friend and leader. We spent a lot of time on the phone and texting the last few years as he reached out to me often. It was an honor to endorse his reelection when others would not.
He adored President Trump and was so proud of their friendship. And he gave the President outstanding advice through thick and thin. He wanted President Trump and our country to succeed.
I’m going to miss him a great deal. I already do. He leaves a huge void. I’ll have more to say tomorrow on radio and Hannity.
Thank you, Lindsey, for a life well lived. May God bless his family.
I am deeply saddened by the sudden passing of Senator Lindsey Graham, a steadfast friend of the Iranian people and a proud defender of freedom.
At moments when moral clarity was required, Senator Graham stood on the right side. When friends were seldom found, he stood alongside the people of Iran in their struggle against tyranny.
He used his voice to ensure that the voices of those fighting for justice were heard in the halls of power. His support for Iran’s Lion and Sun Revolution earned him the title “Uncle Lindsey” among Iranians. He will be remembered with profound gratitude and deep respect.
We extend our deepest condolences to Senator Graham’s family, loved ones, colleagues, and the people of South Carolina and the United States.
May he rest in peace and may others carry on the fight for freedom.
Six months ago, tonight, Tehran went dark. All of Iran went dark. And into that darkness, millions of Iranians walked out of their homes anyway.
January 8th and 9th were not just two nights of protest. They were the night Iran's silence broke. Millions came into the streets, into the squares, onto their rooftops — but the regime answered them with bullets. Tens of thousands of my compatriots were killed in those forty-eight hours. Tens of thousands more have been arrested, tortured, and sentenced to die since.
They came out, determined and brave. I think of them every day. On those two nights I lost countrymen I will never get to meet. I do not hear a statistic when I hear the number 40,000. I see a son who did not come home to his mother. A daughter who will not sit at her family's table again. I think of each of them the way I would think of my own child, my own brother, my own sister. I carry the weight of every one of those names. But the families of the fallen I meet with, week after week, hearten our nation's will to carry on. Their children did not die in vain. They died for freedom, and they died with pride.
History will remember what these men and women did; I will make sure of it. Like the resistance who stood against tyranny in occupied Europe, and like the revolutionaries who fought for liberty in America. But theirs was a particular bravery. They had no army, no air cover, nothing but the belief in what they stood for. They stood anyway. A united nation choosing to face the guns together rather than live one more day in fear. The men and women of the 8th and 9th of January will be remembered in Iran's history as the greatest generation that preferred to die free and standing than to live cowered on their knees.
To the international community, I ask this: do not let a negotiating table in Geneva or Islamabad erase what happened in the streets of Tehran, Mashhad, and Kermanshah. They died for freedom. And when they are free, the Strait of Hormuz will open. The nuclear threat will end. And we will have true peace.
I have told my compatriots: what you did on January 8th and 9th cannot be undone. Together, we will reclaim our country’s rightful place in the world, our national dignity, and honor the lives of our heroes. Now is the time to reassess, regroup, and rededicate ourselves to victory.
We honor the fallen by finishing what they started. A free Iran is no longer a matter of hope. It is a matter of fact.
And know that my brave compatriots are not just fighting for their own liberation but for the peace and stability of the world.
President Trump and @SecRubio
Please DEPORT this Iranian menace Trita Parsi @tparsi! He wants to save the MOU with Iran after the IRGC spent all weekend calling for President Trump to be assassinated!
Trita Parsi is a national security threat!!!!
How is he advising the White House????
This is absolutely insane!
@DHSgov
Finish the job, President Trump!
Purge your admin of the isolationists who tell you Islam can be negotiated with!
You can’t negotiate with these animals! @potus
هممیهنان عزیز،
جمهوری اسلامی میکوشد صدای واقعی مردم ایران را در میان هیاهوی مراسم حکومتی برای یک جنایتکار بالفطره و یکی از منفورترین حاکمان تاریخ ایران پنهان کند. رژیمی فرسوده، پوسیده و رو به زوال، با نمایشهای ساختگی، تبلیغات دروغین و هزینههای هنگفتی که از جیب مردم ایران غارت میشود، تلاش دارد تصویری جعلی از مشروعیت برای خود بسازد.
اما حقیقت ایران جای دیگری ایستاده است؛ در کنار نام و یاد فرزندان دلاوری که با آگاهی، رشادت و فداکاری، در یکی از حساسترین لحظات تاریخ این سرزمین، جان خود را در راه آزادی ایران فدا کردند.
بیش از ۴۰ هزار جاویدنام دیماه، با آگاهی از خطرهای پیش رو، قدم در این مسیر گذاشتند. آنان میدانستند شاید دیگر هرگز به خانه بازنگردند، اما در لحظهای که ایران به آنان نیاز داشت، ایستادند. آنان بر خلاف مزدوران ضحاک، برای وعدههای ناچیز و منافع شخصی به میدان نیامده بودند. آنها، شکوهمند، برای بازپسگیری ایران و هویت ملیمان برخاستند. آنان که از جنس زندگی، باور و نور بودند، در برابر تاریکی ایستادند تا نام ایران زنده بماند؛ و نامشان برای همیشه در تاریخ سرزمین ما ماندگار شد. آنان نشان دادند که عشق به میهن، از ترس مرگ نیرومندتر است.
امروز شش ماه از آن روزها گذشته است، اما برای خانوادههای شریف جاویدنامان، زمان همچنان در همان شبهای دشوار متوقف مانده است؛ خانوادههایی که عزیز و گاه تنها نانآور خود را از دست دادهاند؛ پدران و مادرانی که هر صبح با جای خالی فرزندشان چشم میگشایند؛ همسران، خواهران و برادرانی که در کنار رنج سوگ، فشار تهدید و سرکوب را نیز تحمل میکنند.
این خانوادهها تنها صاحبان یک داغ نیستند؛ آنها نگهبان و امانتدار یاد و فداکاری دلیرترین فرزندان ایران هستند. مسئولیت همه ماست که اجازه ندهیم این بار سنگین را به تنهایی بر دوش بکشند. وظیفه ملی و میهنی ماست که بیش از پیش پشتیبانشان باشیم؛ به دیدارشان برویم، صدای آنان را بازتاب دهیم، یاد عزیزانشان را زنده نگه داریم و در حد توان خود، نگذاریم فشارهای روحی، تهدیدها و دشواریهای مالی، آنان را به سکوت و فراموشی وادار کند.
تاریخ بارها نشان داده است که هیچ قدرتی نمیتواند اراده ملتی متحد را که برای رهایی و ساختن آیندهای بهتر برخاسته است، برای همیشه خاموش کند. راهی که با فداکاری فرزندان جاویدنام ایران روشن شده است، ادامه خواهد یافت؛ تا روزی که ایران به آزادی، دولت ملی و آیندهای شایسته ملت بزرگ ما دست یابد.
پاینده ایران
برنامه امشب گزارشی گمان شکن از خسرو فروهر:
افتضاح لس آنجلس در جام جهانی فوتبال - پایان یا آغازی جدید برای اپوزیسیون؟ https://t.co/nKRD3Hiuto via @YouTube
Iran can now sell oil. China buys more of Iran’s oil than any country. Upwards of 90%. They will be thrilled. What are the safeguards to prevent the Iranian regime from using the money to rebuild its war machine? I see none. Does that concern anybody? And please don’t blame Israel. We’re doing this with our Qatari and Pakistani friends.
If you watched the full interview you would know he spoke favourably about Israel, accused the palestinians of bullying the world, and said that the American Jewish lobby specifically put everyone, including Israel, in danger. It wasn't a dig at zionism or even Israel, but rather certain Jewish lobbyists in America.
This was during a time when American Jews like Richard Falk relentlessly attacked him. Falk wrote the infamous "Trusting Khomeini" article. He is one of the original "Jews for Palestine" btw, and an anti-zionist.
Please actually watch the whole interview before indignifying our great Shah by clipping him out of context.
While FIFA tries to keep the Lion and Sun flag out of stadiums, thousands of Iranians at SoFi Stadium proved that the true symbol of Iran cannot be banned. The voices of those opposing the Islamic Republic are being heard louder than ever at the World Cup.
https://t.co/jxreh4SMLv
It’s not a coordinated opp. A lot of Americans don’t like the deal and they are free to express their opinions. Not liking a deal isn’t anti-Trump and it’s not an “opp”.
Calling it an OPP is suppression of dialogue.
Most Americans don’t trust Islam. Pakistan, Iran and Qatar are all run by jihadists and it’s not an opp to point that out.
I feel very sad for the protestors in Iran who lost their lives.
Nearly 100,000 innocent people slaughtered this year in Iran by the Iranian regime and IRGC.
This was sent to me directly from inside Iran, for the attention of President Trump:
"WE ARE HOSTAGES IN OUR OWN HOMELAND BY IRGC TERRORISTS.
- Eliminate the remaining officials of the regime
- Meet with our leader, Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi
- And ARM the people of Iran from the big cities or back them from the sky. We are waiting for our leader's final call to come out again and finish the job.
Long Live Iran
Long Live the Shah, King Reza Pahlavi.
Don't throw this dying regime another lifeline, Mr President Trump!"
Trump needs to bomb the IRGC into UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER.
Not bomb them into accepting a deal which they will 100% break after he leaves office.
Take the silk gloves off, Mr President.
The Islamic Republic, in its support for Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon, has started yet another military conflict and further revealed its anti-Iranian nature. This regime has taken the Iranian nation hostage and views the lives and property of Iranians as mere tools for exporting terror, war, and instability.
In this conflict, as always, the Islamic Republic is responsible for any damage to Iran's infrastructure and for the lives of innocent civilians on both sides. The Iranian nation, the first and greatest victim of this regime, knows full well that as long as the Islamic Republic remains in power, terror, violence, and instability will continue to loom over Iran, the region, and the world.
Peace, security, and sustainable prosperity are only possible with the end of this regime. The solution is not negotiation with the IRGC and the terrorist occupiers of Iran; the solution is to stand with the Iranian nation and support its struggle to bring an end to the Islamic Republic.