"Quite
The Opposite": US Senator On Reports Of Trump Not Attacking Iran On
Wednesday, US Senator Lindsey Graham, who has become an influential member of
the Trump administration on foreign policy, said that he wanted to see Trump
move ahead with plans to strike Iran.
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"Quite
The Opposite": US Senator On Reports Of Trump Not Attacking Iran
Lindsey
Graham claimed that reports saying the US does not intend to attack Iran are
"inaccurate"
US
Senator Lindsey Graham, whom President Donald Trump considers to be a
"wonderful friend", has claimed that reports suggesting the US does
not intend to attack Iran are "inaccurate" and further said that the
situation is quite the opposite. In a cryptic post on X, Graham wrote,
"Nothing could be further from the truth. Quite the opposite. Stay
tuned."
In a
separate post on X, Graham stated that the Iranian government is still killing
protesters "in full swing" and added, "Hoping help is on the
way."
On
Wednesday, Graham, who has become an influential member of the Trump
administration on foreign policy, said that he wanted to see Trump move ahead
with plans to strike Iran. "We must stop those who are responsible for
killing the people by any means necessary ASAP. Make The Iranian People Safe
Again," he wrote.
Amid
tensions, Graham also met Iran's exiled Prince Reza Pahlavi and wrote on X,
"Help is on the way".
Iran's
envoy to Pakistan, Reza Amiri Moghadam, on Thursday stated that Trump has
assured Tehran that he won't attack the country and has asked Iran to exercise
restraint, Pakistani daily Dawn reported.
A senior
Saudi official also told AFP that Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Oman led efforts to
talk Trump out of an attack on Iran. The
Gulf trio "led a long, frantic, diplomatic last-minute effort to convince
President Trump to give Iran a chance to show good intention," the Saudi
official said on condition of anonymity.
After
threatening Iran with imminent attacks in support of anti-government protests,
Trump had indicated that he might hold off on attacking Iran. He said that he
was reassured by sources "on the other side" that the Iranian
government had stopped the killing of anti-government protesters and planned
executions would not go ahead. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office
regarding military action, Trump said that he would "watch it" and
"see what the process is".
However,
Trump has always leaned towards diplomacy before launching a full-scale attack,
as seen in the case of the Iran strikes in 2025 and the abduction of Venezuelan
President Nicolas Maduro.
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